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Improve your company's ability to avoid or manage crises Managing the Unexpected, Third Edition is a thoroughly revised text that offers an updated look at the groundbreaking ideas explored in the first and second editions.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xi

Chapter 1 Mismanaging the Unexpected 1

Chapter 2 The Infrastructure of Mindful Organizing 21

Chapter 3 Principle 1: Preoccupation with Failure 45

Chapter 4 Principle 2: Reluctance to Simplify 62

Chapter 5 Principle 3: Sensitivity to Operations 77

Chapter 6 Principle 4: Commitment to Resilience 94

Chapter 7 Principle 5: Deference to Expertise 112

Chapter 8 Organizational Culture and Reliability 129

Chapter 9 Sustaining Sustained Performance 148

Notes 163

About the Authors 195

Index 197

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 27/10/2015
      ISBN13: 9781118862414, 978-1118862414
      ISBN10: 1118862414
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Improve your company's ability to avoid or manage crises Managing the Unexpected, Third Edition is a thoroughly revised text that offers an updated look at the groundbreaking ideas explored in the first and second editions.

      Table of Contents

      Preface vii

      Acknowledgments xi

      Chapter 1 Mismanaging the Unexpected 1

      Chapter 2 The Infrastructure of Mindful Organizing 21

      Chapter 3 Principle 1: Preoccupation with Failure 45

      Chapter 4 Principle 2: Reluctance to Simplify 62

      Chapter 5 Principle 3: Sensitivity to Operations 77

      Chapter 6 Principle 4: Commitment to Resilience 94

      Chapter 7 Principle 5: Deference to Expertise 112

      Chapter 8 Organizational Culture and Reliability 129

      Chapter 9 Sustaining Sustained Performance 148

      Notes 163

      About the Authors 195

      Index 197

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