Swans, swine, and swindlers : coping with the growing threat of mega-crises and mega-messes

Publication Data

• Title Swans, swine, and swindlers : coping with the growing threat of mega-crises and mega-messes
• Author Can M. Alpaslan
• Contributor Ian I. Mitroff
• Publisher Stanford Business Books, An Imprint of Stanford University Press
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location Stanford, California
• Language English

Contents

A crisis is not what we have been led to believe : every crisis is an existential crisis of meaning
What is a mess? : the fundamental differences between exercises, problems, and messes
All crises are messes
When good organizations do unwise, immature, and bad things
It's the culture
Overcoming mega-denial
Beyond fear-based crisis management
The art and science of messy inquiry
Trust, transparency, and reliability : what can the HROS teach the financial sector?

Topics

• Crisis management

Swans, swine, and swindlers : coping with the growing threat of mega-crises and mega-messes by Can M. Alpaslan. ISBN 9780804771375. Published by Stanford Business Books, An Imprint of Stanford University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.