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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460878403321

Autore

Tompkins Phillip K.

Titolo

Managing risk and complexity through open communication and teamwork / / Phillip K. Tompkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Lafayette, Indiana : , : Purdue University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-61249-383-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/022

Soggetti

Communication in management

Teams in the workplace - Management

Risk management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Concertive control in organizations -- A call from the moon : exemplary communication practices at nasa's marshall space flight center -- Studies of open communication and teamwork -- Operating as a team and checklists : reducing complexity and risks in health care -- Fighting fires with smart risks -- Challenger, columbia, and risk communication -- Responses to apollo, challenger, columbia: the decline of the space program -- Our homeless neighbors : "at risk" and "risky" to the domiciled -- Interorganizational risk communication : the aviation safety reporting system, stop, and safe tell -- The age of participation -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Along with increased complexities in work and life in general in the twenty-first century come new and dangerous risks to workers, customers, and the general public. Drawing on decades of experience as a researcher and consultant for a range of organizations and individuals in high-risk domains, the author of this book presents a powerful theory of open communication and teamwork. This unites a range of communication practices and principles that have proven to combat risk and complexity in organizations.The book initially focuses



on NASA, an organization that experiences and engages with high