Causes of disaster : sloppy management.

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TextPublication details: [United States] : John Wiley & Sons, c1994Description: [5] pDDC classification:

363.348 21

Subject: The loss of control associated with accidents and disasters can have severe negative consequences for the organizations involved. Some disasters are caused by inadequacies of management, or by unprofessional behaviour but others arise when disaster preconditions are generated as a result of the normal functioning of larger managerial and technical systems. During the incubation period preceding a major incident, therefore, two levels of correction need to be considered to avoid disasters. 'Sloppy management' of various kinds can be tackled by establishing, strengthening and asserting appropriate forms of management and control. The system properties which constitute disaster preconditions are less immediately accessible to management control. At both levels managers in pursuit of high reliability should expect to have to make a range of trade-offs

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	F363.348 CAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005745122

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Reprinted from British Journal of Management; 1994; Vol. 5; p. 215-219

The loss of control associated with accidents and disasters can have severe negative consequences for the organizations involved. Some disasters are caused by inadequacies of management, or by unprofessional behaviour but others arise when disaster preconditions are generated as a result of the normal functioning of larger managerial and technical systems. During the incubation period preceding a major incident, therefore, two levels of correction need to be considered to avoid disasters. 'Sloppy management' of various kinds can be tackled by establishing, strengthening and asserting appropriate forms of management and control. The system properties which constitute disaster preconditions are less immediately accessible to management control. At both levels managers in pursuit of high reliability should expect to have to make a range of trade-offs

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