Decision Making Under Risk in Organisations: The Case of German Waste Management (Ashgate Studies in Environmental Policy and Practice) - Hardcover

Kamper, Eckard

 
9780754614340: Decision Making Under Risk in Organisations: The Case of German Waste Management (Ashgate Studies in Environmental Policy and Practice)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0754614344 ISBN 13: 9780754614340
Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

By comparing how two local authorities deal with the risks involved in implementing Germany's environmental waste policy, this book questions how organizations deal with making decisions in situation of risk in general. Using a combination of risk sociology and institutional theories of organization, KSmper (ISO Institute, Cologne) examines how organizations develop institutional structures to cope with risk- taking decision making. He challenges the view that the most important factor is rationality, and argues that the key lies in an ability to absorb uncertainty. He shows how organizations develop institutional structures which both absorb uncertainty and allocate responsibility. He also explains how a grasp of social structures is crucial to understanding how risk-taking decisions are made. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Publisher
Ashgate Pub Ltd
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0754614344
ISBN 13 
9780754614340
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
204

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