Mental Preparation, Patterns, and Warning Signs
An excerpt from the book Will Your Next Mistake Be Fatal?: Avoiding the Chain of Mistakes That Can Destroy Your Organization. Discusses behaviors or actions that serve as red flags for possible corporate mistakes.
Editor’s Note: this is one of a four-part series – I thought it was the only one really worth reading…
Content: Article | Author: Robert Mittelstaedt | Source: BetterManagement.com | Subject: Organizational Behavior
Will Your Next Mistake Be Fatal? Avoiding the Chain of Mistakes that Can Destroy Your Organization
Robert E. Mittelstaedt Jr., dean of the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (and former entrepreneur and submariner in the U.S. Navy), examines some of the more notorious business and physical calamities of recent times.
Professor Mittelstaedt suggests that there is a common sequence of failure:
1. An initial problem, often minor, that goes uncorrected
2. A subsequent problem that compounds the effect
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Content: Book | Author: Robert Mittelstaedt | Subject: Management