Swans, Swine, and Swindlers : Coping with the Growing Threat of Mega-Crises and Mega-Messes.

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Swans, Swine, and Swindlers addresses a core, contemporary question: What steps can we take to better anticipate and manage mega-crises, such as Haiti, Katrina, and 9/11?This book explores the concept of "messes." A mess is a web of complex and dynamically interacting, ill-defined, and/or...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mitroff, Ian I.
Otros Autores: Alpaslan, Can M. (Can Murat)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Conflict management.
Crisis management.
Gestion des conflits.
Gestion de crise.
Conflict management
Crisis management
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Swans, Swine, and Swindlers addresses a core, contemporary question: What steps can we take to better anticipate and manage mega-crises, such as Haiti, Katrina, and 9/11?This book explores the concept of "messes." A mess is a web of complex and dynamically interacting, ill-defined, and/or wicked problems; their solutions; and our conscious and unconscious assumptions, beliefs, emotions, and values. The roots of messes can be classified as Swans (the inability to surface and test false assumptions and mistaken beliefs), Swine (the inability to confront and manage greed, hubris, arrogance, and.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (232 pages)
ISBN:9780804781084
0804781087

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