The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations
 | Basic Books, 1997, Paperback Customer Rating: 46 reviews Recommend |
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Product Description
our modern world, even though it was appropriate to older, simpler times. Working with imagination and often hilarious computer simulations, Dietrich Dorner provides a compass for intelligent planning and decision-making that can sharpen the skills of managers and policy-makers everywhere.
Product Details
Title: The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations
Sales Rank: 36535 in Books
Author: Dietrich Dorner
Publisher: Basic Books, 1 edition, 1997-08-03, Paperback, 240 pages, ISBN: 0201479486
Package Dimensions: 9.06 x 6.06 x 1.02 inches, 0.75 pounds
Customer Reviews
- Good analysis, but way to long winded
- This book layed out some good work on determining common errors when confronted with a complex problem. However I thought the book could have been condensed into just a few chapters while still presenting much of the same informaion. … More reviews
- A MUST READ!
- This book should be required in school. It's an easy read and a good introduction into how complicated our society has become and how quickly things can get out of control. More reviews
- Facinating and informative!
- I got this book from a co-worker, and didn't know anything about it, but ended up reading it all in a few days. Very well written and fascinating look into reasons humans make mistakes.
Highly recommended!
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- Over-promised and under-delivered
- The book got my juices flowing in the first chapter, especially with the reference to human interaction with dynamic systems and the tendency to "oversteer". I wrote my doctoral dissertation over 30 years ago on just such a phenomenon as applied to the broiler industry (yes, chickens), which behaves as an underdamped servomechanism. (I'm an engineer).
However the early promise of the book didn't… More reviews
- Use common sense
- This book was clearly written and provided a great deal of food for thought. There are several useful concepts described here and I am glad I read the book. I recognized many of the habits and weaknesses in my own thought patterns. However, I was a little disappointed that the final analysis seemed to be: "learn common sense" from experience, perhaps by engaging… More reviews
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