LEADER 03215nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910456969803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8047-8108-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804781084 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040775 035 $a(EBL)735411 035 $a(OCoLC)743693304 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000525980 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12231298 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525980 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10508994 035 $a(PQKB)10325073 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC735411 035 $a(DE-B1597)563819 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804781084 035 $a(PPN)244996326 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL735411 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10484218 035 $a(OCoLC)1198930581 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040775 100 $a20110202h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSwans, swine, and swindlers$b[electronic resource] $ecoping with the growing threat of mega-crises and mega-messes /$fCan M. Alpaslan and Ian I. Mitroff 210 $aStanford, California $cStanford Business Books, An Imprint of Stanford University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 225 1 $aHigh reliability and crisis management 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-7137-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Part I: Uncovering Assumptions; 1. A Crisis Is Not What We Have Been Led to Believe; Every Crisis Is an Existential Crisis of Meaning; 2. What Is a Mess? The Fundamental Differences Between Exercises, Problems, and Messes; 3. All Crises Are Messes; 4. When Good Organizations Do Unwise, Immature, and Bad Things; 5. It's the Culture; Part II: Managing Assumptions; 6. Overcoming Mega-Denial; 7. Beyond Fear-Based Crisis Management; Part III: Applications; 8. The Art and Science of Messy Inquiry 327 $a9. Trust, Transparency, and Reliability: What Can the HROs Teach the Financial Sector?Afterword; Notes; Index 330 $aSwans, Swine, and Swindlers addresses a core, contemporary question: What steps can we take to better anticipate and manage mega-crises, such as Haiti, Katrina, and 9/11?This book explores the concept of ""messes."" A mess is a web of complex and dynamically interacting, ill-defined, and/or wicked problems; their solutions; and our conscious and unconscious assumptions, beliefs, emotions, and values. The roots of messes can be classified as Swans (the inability to surface and test false assumptions and mistaken beliefs), Swine (the inability to confront and m 410 0$aHigh reliability and crisis management. 606 $aCrisis management 606 $aConflict management 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCrisis management. 615 0$aConflict management. 676 $a658.4/77 700 $aAlpaslan$b Can M$g(Can Murat)$01043401 701 $aMitroff$b Ian I$049358 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456969803321 996 $aSwans, swine, and swindlers$92468350 997 $aUNINA