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| Author: | Heimann, L. |
| Title: | Repeated failures in the management of high risk technologies |
| Journal: | European Management Journal
2005 : FEB, VOL 23:1, p. 105-117 |
| Index terms: | High technology Risk management Management Organizational behaviour USA |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Reliable management of high technologies is far from easy. Many organizations managing risky technologies are vulnerable to repeated catastrophic failure. It is posited by some organizational theorists that high-risk technologies can be managed with little or no failure under the right circumstances. However, experience in some industries seems to indicate that not only will failure occur, but that it will often be repeated. This paper explores the "cycles of failure" that an organization may find itself trapped in and political and organizational factors creating these cycles. Key points are illustrated by a more detailed application to NASA's Challenger and Columbia accidents. |
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