TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Drummond,Helga
TI  - The dynamics of organizational collapse: the case of Barings Bank 
SN  - 0415399610 (hbk)
AV  - HG2998.B35 D78 2009
U1  - 332.1/20941 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Leeson, Nicholas William.
KW  - Barings Bank
KW  - Bank failures
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Merchant banks
KW  - Organizational behavior
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Corporate culture
KW  - Organizational effectiveness
N1  - "Transferred to digital printing 2009"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; The paradox of consequences -- "A pisspot third-rate bank" -- Failing most successfully -- The dynamics of power -- Did Nick Leeson have an accomplice? -- Analysing the fatal disconnect -- Agency, structure and organizational collapse -- From order filler to star trader -- Analysis of Leeson's early days -- Decision error -- "A million bucks a day" -- Analysis of the final weeks -- The illusion of control -- The last line of defence -- Analysing the illusion of control -- Summary and conclusions
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0722/2007028584.html
ER  -