Organization at the Limit: Lessons from the Columbia Disaster
Language: English
Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2005
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- Title
- Organization at the Limit: Lessons from the Columbia Disaster
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 140513108X
- ISBN 13
- 9781405131087
- Item weight
- 890 grams
- A timely analysis of the Columbia disaster and the organizational lessons that can be learned from it.
- Includes contributions from those involved in the Investigation Board report into the incident.
- Tackles vital issues such as the role of time pressures and goal conflict in decision making, and the impediments for effective learning.
- Examines how organizational risk is managed and how technological and organizational complexities interact.
- Assesses how large, medium, and small organizations can, and in fact must, increase their resilience.
- Questions our eagerness to embrace new technologies, yet reluctance to accept the risks of innovation.
- Offers a step by step understanding of the complex factors that led to disaster.
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About the Author
Moshe Farjoun is an associate professor at the Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto. His research interests lie in the intersection of strategic management and organization. His research has explored market and organizational dynamics, particularly as they pertain to the processes of strategy formulation, implementation and change. His articles have appeared in Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Academy of Management Review.
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