Man-made disasters.

By:

Turner, Barry A

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xviii, 250 p. : illISBN:

0750620870

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363.34 21

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Attempts to understand disasters I -- Attempts to understand disasters II -- Three disasters analysed -- The incubation of disasters -- Errors and communication difficulties -- Order and disruption -- Information, surprise and disaster -- Disasters and rationality in organizations -- The origins of disaster -- More recent developments: culture, politics and organizational learning

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