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  The Logic of Failure: Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations (Paperback) By (author) Dietrich Dorner

  

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  • Publisher: The Perseus Books Group
  • Published: 14 July 1997
  • Format: Paperback 240 pages
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  • Categories: Reference Works | Business & Management | Complex Analysis, Complex Variables
  • ISBN 13: 9780201479485 ISBN 10: 0201479486
  • Sales rank: 107,584

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• An incisive analysis of real-life situations that helps all those involved in any kind of strategic planning recognize and avoid logical yet devastating errors.. 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 Drner identifies what he calls the logic of failurecertain 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.