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Michael Ekow Manuel : Maritime Risk and Organizational Learning

Ashgate Publishing Limited, England, 2011

ISBN 1409419630

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. E5 - A hardcover book in good condition that has some bumped corners and dents, cracks/tears on the cover corners opposite the spine, wrinkling and some chipping on the spine edges, scattered scratches and rubbing on the cover, patch wrinkled on a few inside pages, scattered highlighting, light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. 9.25"x6.25", 332 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Bridging an identified gap between research and practice in the domain of risk and organizational learning with respect to human/organizational factors and organizational behaviour, this book highlights the common and recurring threads in contributory factors to accident causation. Based on an extensive research project, it investigates how shipping companies as organizations learn from, filter and give credence/acceptability to differing risk perceptions and how this influences the work culture with special regard to group/team dynamics and individual motivation. The work is presented in the context of the literature regarding conceptual links between risk and the theoretical and operational themes of organizational learning, and in light of interviewees' comments. The themes include processes and structures of knowledge acquisition, information interpretation and distribution, organizational memory and change/adaptation and also levels of learning. The book concludes by discussing some practical implications of the research carried out in various maritime contexts and gives recommendations for the industry and other stakeholders.. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket

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