'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

The Politics of Blame Avoidance: Defensive Tactics in a Dutch Crime-Fighting Fiasco

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The politics of blame avoidance: Defensive tactics in a Dutch crime-fighting fiasco
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Policy fiascoes, unlike natural disasters, cannot be observed by the use of our senses alone. Policy fiascoes are construed. They require the revelation and ...

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