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Author Dekker, Sidney.

Title Drift into failure : from hunting broken components to understanding complex systems / Sidney Dekker
Published Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 220 pages)
Contents Failure is always an option -- Features of drift -- The legacy of Newton and Descartes -- The search for the broken component -- Theorizing drift -- What is complexity and systems thinking? -- Managing the complexity of drift
Summary This book explores complexity theory and systems thinking to better understand how complex systems drift into failure. It studies sensitive dependence on initial conditions, unruly technology, tipping points, diversity - and finds that failure emerges opp
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Social systems.
Complex organizations.
System theory -- Social aspects
System failures (Engineering)
Failure (Psychology)
Complexity (Philosophy)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Negotiating.
Complex organizations
Complexity (Philosophy)
Failure (Psychology)
Social systems
System failures (Engineering)
System theory -- Social aspects
Kognitive Psychologie
Komplexes System
Kognitive Komplexität
Complexiteit.
Systeemtheorie.
Mislukkingen.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010034296
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