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Failure management : malfunctions of technologies, organizations, and society /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rouse, William B. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
System failures (Engineering) > Case studies.
Engineering > Management.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Failure Management: Malfunctions of Technologies, Organizations, and Society
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • 1: Introduction and Overview
  • Introduction
  • Definitions
  • Failure
  • System
  • Management
  • Types of Failures
  • Case Studies of Failure
  • Framework For Analysis
  • Arguments That Follow
  • Chapter Overview
  • 2: Multi-Level Framework
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Application Examples
  • Applications
  • Methodology
  • Computational Modeling
  • Interactive Visualization
  • Immersion Laboratory
  • Conclusions
  • 4: Failures of Complex Organizations
  • Introduction
  • Kodak and Polaroid
  • Kodak (1888-2012)
  • Polaroid (1937-2001)
  • Digital and Xerox
  • Digital (1957-1998)
  • Xerox (1906-2018)
  • Motorola and Nokia
  • Motorola (1928-2012)
  • Nokia (1865-2014)
  • Comparison Across Case Studies
  • Anticipating Failures
  • Impedances to Change
  • Enterprise Transformation
  • Demographics of Change
  • Change Strategies
  • Creative Destruction
  • Examples of Success
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 5: Failures of Complex Ecosystems
  • Introduction
  • AIDS and Opioids Epidemics
  • AIDS Epidemic
  • Opioid Epidemic
  • Great Depression and Recession
  • Great Depression
  • Depression Mentality
  • Great Recession
  • Origins of Crisis
  • Commission Conclusions
  • Quick Response from National Academies
  • Population and Climate
  • Population Growth
  • Emergence in Cities
  • National Academy Workshop
  • Climate Change
  • New England's Wood Economy
  • Consequences of CO2
  • Reducing CO2 Emissions
  • Progress and Problems
  • Earth as a System
  • Comparison Across Case Studies
  • Anticipating Failures
  • Health Monitoring-CDC and WHO
  • Economy Monitoring-Federal Reserve
  • Climate Monitoring-IPCC
  • Failure Management
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 6: Multi-Level Analyses
  • Findings
  • Observations
  • Amended Multi-Level Framework
  • Computational Modeling
  • Interactive Visualizations
  • Emory Prevention and Wellness
  • New York City Health Ecosystem
  • Summary
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 7: Failure Management
  • Background
  • Failure Management Tasks
  • Failure Surveillance and Control
  • Complications
  • Integrated Decision Support
  • AI For Failure Management
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 8: Enabling Change
  • Introduction
  • Decision Making
  • Decision-Making Vignettes