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 Dörner 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…

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Title Statements

Full title :The logic of failure : recognizing and avoiding error in complex situations / Dietrich Dörner ; [translated by Rita and Robert Kimber].

Summary

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 Dörner 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. -- Publisher description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1997.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Addison-Wesley Pub
Place of Publication:Reading, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:1997.

Notes

Originally published: New York : Metropolitan Books, 1996.

"A Merloyd Lawrence book."

The Physical Object

Description:222 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0201479486, 9780201479485, 0805041605, 9780805041606
oclc:ocm36930720
LC Classification:BF448
Dewey Decimal:153.4/2

Some examples -- The demands -- Setting goals -- Information and models -- Time sequences -- Planning -- So now what do we do?

Subjects

Besluitvorming decision making economic development Planification -- Aspect psychologique planning Planning -- Psychological aspects Prise de décision Problem Solving Psychologische aspecten Résolution de problème