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RecordNumber
3479
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Author
Drummond, Helga.
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Addition
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Title
The dynamics of organizational collapse :the case of Barings Bank
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Author Statement
Helga Drummond
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Publication
Routledge
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Collation
xvi, 143 p.
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Index
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents
The paradox of consequences -- "A third rate pisspot 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 leesonʹs 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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Subject
Leeson, Nicholas William,Bank failures - Great Britain,Merchant banks - Great Britain,Organizational behavior- Case studies,Corporate culture- Case studies,Organizational effectiveness- Case studies
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LC Class
HG
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LC Number
2998
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LC CutterNumber
.B35,D78
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LC Date
2008
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ISBNN
, , 1000046 , 9780415399616 (hardcover)9780415399616 (hardcover) , 1 , 1
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Published_Year
2008
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