The Crisis-Prone Society: A Brief Guide to Managing the Beliefs That Drive Risk in Business

2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-45561-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 89 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 277 g

The Crisis-Prone Society offers preventative measures that can be taken by business professionals and scholars alike to alleviate the growing potential for crises today. These measures are distilled by close analysis of our recent social history of disasters.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mitroff, I.

Alpaslan, C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Strategisches Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Living in a Crisis Prone World 2. The Risks of Risk Management 3. Why Technology Always Bites Back 4. Why People and Organizations Break Down 5. Economic Crises 6. Political Crises 7. National Insecurity 8. Global Warming 9. The Future of Crises

Über Autor(innen)

Author Ian I. Mitroff: Ian I. Mitroff is Senior Research Associate at the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, USA; Professor Emeritus of the University of Southern California, USA; and President of Mitroff Crisis Management.
Author Can M. Alpaslan: Can M. Alpaslan is Professor in the Department of Management at California State University, Northridge, USA.