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Thinking through crisis : improving teamwork and leadership in high-risk fields / Amy L. Fraher.

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Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this strikingly original analysis of the complex dynamics of high-risk fields demonstrates that teamwork is more important than technical prowess in averting disasters. Thinking Through Crisis narrates critical incidents from initiation to resolution in...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Fraher, Amy Louise
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Crisis management.
Teams in the workplace.
Leadership.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Rethinking normal accidents and human error
  • a new view of crisis management
  • 2. USS Greeneville
  • the downside of charismatic leadership
  • 3. The Hillsborough football disaster
  • explosive team chemistry
  • 4. American Airlines flight 587
  • latent failures align
  • 5. Bristol Royal Infirmary
  • the price of organizational overreach
  • 6. US Airways flight 1549
  • thinking through crisis
  • 7. Team resource management.

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