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

(Part of the High Reliability and Crisis Management Series)

by Can M. Alpaslan and Ian I. Mitroff

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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 wicked problems; their solutions; and our conscious and unconscious assumptions, beliefs, emotions, and values. The roots of messes can be classified...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0804771375

ISBN13:9780804771375

Release Date:July 2011

Publisher:Stanford Business Books

Length:232 Pages

Weight:1.06 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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

(Part of the High Reliability and Crisis Management Series)

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