The Logic Of Failure : Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations
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Why do we make mistakes? Are there certain errors common to failure, whether in a complex enterprise or daily life? In this truly indispensable book, Dietrich Doerner identifies what he calls the logic of failure",certain tendencies in our patterns of thought that, while appropriate to an older, simpler world, prove disastrous for the complex world we live in now. Working with imaginative and often hilarious computer simulations, he analyzes the roots of catastrophe, showing city planners in the very act of creating gridlock and disaster, or public health authorities setting the scene for starvation. The Logic of Failure is a compass for intelligent planning and decision-making that can sharpen the skills of managers, policymakers and everyone involved in the daily challenge of getting from point A to point B.
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Product details
- Paperback | 240 pages
- 170 x 235 x 159mm | 269g
- 04 Aug 1997
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- PERSEUS BOOKS
- Boulder, United States
- English
- Revised ed.
- 0201479486
- 9780201479485
- 128,294
About Dietrich Dorner
Dietrich Doerner is professor of psychology at the University of Bamberg, an authority on cognitive behaviour, and winner of the Leibniz Prize, Germany's highest science award.
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