When Things Go Wrong: Organizational Failures and Breakdowns

By: Anheier, Helmut K.

Book Overview

'The editor has worked well to achieve a coherent product which will serve as the authoritative and leading text in its area. The future research agenda is to combine economic and non-economic performance measures, as well a to differentiate failure as process and failure as an outcome.' - Gerald Vinten, Southampton Business Institute, British Academy of Management News

This book deals with the the multi-faceted nature of organizational failure through examination of the organizational, political, cognitive and structural aspects of the phenomenon. Failure' is presented as a relative concept where the expectations and strategies of stakeholders make claims on the performance of the organization and the notion

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761910484
• ISBN13: 9780761910480
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.1"