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"Failures are a common phenomena in civilization. Things fail and society responds, often very slowly, sometimes inappropriately. What kinds of things go wrong? Why do they go wrong? How do people and organizations react to failures, and what are the best ways to react? William B. Rouse ta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rouse, William B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
System failures (Engineering) > Case studies.
Engineering > Management.
Pannes > Études de cas.
Ingénierie > Gestion.
Business Ethics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
Organizational Behavior.
Engineering > Management
System failures (Engineering)
Electronic books.
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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