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The dynamics of organizational collapse : [manuscript] : the case of Barings Bank / Helga Drummond.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge international studies in money and banking ; 46Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2009.Description: xvi, 143 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0415399610 (hbk)
  • 0203932773 (ebk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.1/20941 22
LOC classification:
  • HG2998.B35 D78 2009
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Contents:
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.
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Books Books Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology Library Available at Circulation Section 332.1209 Dru 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 9965

"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.

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