Fallibility at Work: Rethinking Excellence and Error in Organizations

This book addresses how organizations can deal with human fallibility in order to create space for excellence at work. Some mistakes in work settings put lives at risk, while others create openings for innovative breakthroughs. In order to deal constructively with fallibility, an organization needs...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2017
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