01948nam 22003493a 450 991083187720332120230124202119.01-4780-9161-4(CKB)4950000000290215(OCoLC)1250396631(ScCtBLL)40731e90-3880-403b-9531-a5544fff08bc(EXLCZ)99495000000029021520211214i20132019 uu enguru||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMaking the Most of Mess : Reliability and Policy in Today's Management Challenges /Emery RoeDurham, NC :Duke University Press,2013.1 online resource (219 p.)In Making the Most of Mess, Emery Roe emphasizes that policy messes cannot be avoided or cleaned up; they need to be managed. He shows how policymakers and other professionals can learn these necessary skills from control operators who manage large critical infrastructures such as water supplies, telecommunications systems, and electricity grids. The ways in which they prevent major accidents and failures offer models for policymakers and other professionals to manage the messes they face.  Throughout, Roe focuses on the global financial mess of 2008 and its ongoing aftermath, showing how mismanagement has allowed it to morph into other national and international messes. More effective management is still possible for this and many other policy messes but that requires better recognition of patterns and formulation of scenarios, as well as the ability to translate pattern and scenario into reliability.Political Science / Public PolicybisacshPolitical sciencePolitical Science / Public PolicyPolitical scienceRoe EmeryScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910831877203321UNINA