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Clearfield, Chris
Call Number
158.1 CLE
Publication Date
2018
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Catastrophic failure is all around us. From the disastrous Post Office software, which led to a multimillion-pound lawsuit, to the mix-up at the 2017 Oscars Awards ceremony, these errors are the unfortunate ramifications of our dizzyingly advancing world. But what causes such ruinous mistakes? And can we do anything about them? In Meltdown, world-leading experts in disaster prevention, Chris Clearfield and Andras Tilcsik, use real-life examples from around the world to reveal the errors in thinking, perception, and system design that lie behind both our everyday errors and disasters like the Fukushima nuclear accident. But most crucially, Meltdown is about finding solutions. It reveals why ugly designs make us safer, how a five-minute exercise can prevent billion-dollar catastrophes, why teams with fewer experts are better at managing risk, and why diversity is one of our best safeguards against failure. The result is an eye-opening and empowering book - one that will change the way you see our complex world and your own place in it.
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Ale, Ben J. M.
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658.155 ALE
Publication Date
2009
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Klein, Gary A.
Call Number
153.83 22
Publication Date
2009
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An expert explains how the conventional wisdom about decision making can get us into trouble-and why experience can't be replaced by rules, procedures, or analytical methods.
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Keller, J. J.
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658.3
Publication Date
2009
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Written specifically with the departmental supervisor in mind, J.J. Keller's Supervisor's Guide to Improving Employee Management Decisions is a must-have reference tool aimed at helping supervisors better understand employment law and related best practices when dealing with employee relations issues. This reference book helps increase supervisors' awareness and understanding of the important role they play in managing HR related issues with their employees. This handbook can be used in initial training, then later as a quick reference tool ... a great way to help supervisors make the right de.
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Brenner, Reuven.
Call Number
306.482
Publication Date
2008
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Although financial markets often try to distance themselves from gambling, the two factors have far more in common than usually thought. When, historically, there were no financial institutions such as banks, lotteries constituted the ways by which expensive items were disposed of, and governments raised money quickly. Gambling tables fulfilled roles that venture capital and banking do today. 'Gamblers' created clearinghouses and sustained liquidity. When those gamblers bet on price distributions in futures markets, they were redefined as 'speculators'. Today they are called 'hedge fund manage
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Bonham, Stephen S.
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658.4012 22
Publication Date
2008
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This unique resource presents a new look at how the puzzle pieces of corporate dynamics management can fit together to ensure strategic designs are actionable.
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Carson, David, 1950-
Call Number
362
Publication Date
2008
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Professional Risk and Working with People provides advice on assessing and managing risks for all those employed to take risks with or on behalf of other people. The authors explore issues of risk assessment and management that provides readers with a broad knowledge of risk practices that can be applied across a range of disciplines. They detail the benefits of risk as well as the potential harm and explain relevant legislation and concepts of negligence in clear and accessible language. Examples of risk policies, systems and effective judgement in managing complex risk decisions are also inc.
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Keen, Peter G. W.
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658.403 22
Publication Date
2008
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Decision Enhancement (DE) is a field of practice aimed at extending lessons, principles and tools built up over a thirty year period, largely under the term 'Decision Support'. This book encourages reflection and discussion within and across executives, their advisors, change management specialists, and experts in multi-disciplinary fields.
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Piccirillo, Ettore.
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658.403 22
Publication Date
2008
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This book provides much-needed guidance in making sound business decisions for the business leader or decision maker, especially investment appraisal practitioners such as strategic planners, business analysts, financial partners, and supply chain experts. By "supply chain", the authors mean the network of retailers, distributors, transporters, storage facilities and suppliers that participate in the sale, delivery and production of a particular product. The book begins with an introduction to the concept of decision making under uncertainty and the forces driving the business. A gap in the current knowledge is then discovered as it arises from an analysis of the profitability indicators that are currently being used. With hands-on experience in decision making within the supply chain environment, and coupled with leading-edge mathematical and business formulations, the authors propose how to enrich quantitative and qualitative decision-making measures. This further leads to a decision-making framework and process, supported by a ready-to-use tool (PADOVA).
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Wiig, Karl M.
Call Number
658.4038 WII
Publication Date
2004
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Yu, Gang.
Call Number
658.403
Publication Date
2004
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This pioneering book addresses the latest research findings and application results on disruption management, which is the study of how to dynamically recover a predetermined operational plan when various disruptions prevent the original plan from being executed smoothly.
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Leahy, Robert L.
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658.403019 22
Publication Date
2003
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