Decision Making Under Risk in Organisations
The Case of German Waste Management
Published on 6. February 2018
204 pages
978-1-351-73007-5 (ISBN)
Description
This title was first published in 2000. By comparing how two local authorities deal with the risks involved in Germany's environmental waste policy, this text questions how organizations deal with making decisions in situations of risk in general. Using a combination of risk sociology and institutional theories of organization, Kamper examines how organizations develop institutional structures to cope with risk-taking decision-making. In doing so, he challenges the commonly-held view that the most important factor required when making risky decisions is rationality, and instead argues that the key is an ability to absorb uncertainty. The volume seeks to show how organizations develop institutional structures to cope with risk-taking which both absorbs uncertainty and allocates responsibility, and how an understanding of social structures is crucial to understanding how such decisions are made by organizations.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
1,18 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-351-73007-5 (9781351730075)
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11/2019
1st Edition
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11/2017
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€119.03
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Person
Kamper, Eckard
Content
Preface, Acknowledgements, 1. Decision Making under Risk, 2. Risk and Organisations, 3. Risks of Waste Management, 4. Risk and Participation, 5. Risk and Routines, 6. Summary and Conclusions, Bibliography
