Management of Extreme Situations : From Polar Expeditions to Exploration-Oriented Organizations
Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- A long cultural tradition -- A like-minded original project -- A regularly supported action -- Cerisy Symposiums: Selection of Publications -- Introduction -- I.1. Intent and status of the debates -- I.2. Some framework elements around the management of extreme situations -- I.3. Presentation of the book -- I.4. References -- PART 1: Exploration and the Extreme -- SECTION 1: The Logic of Exploration -- 1. An Exemplary Exploration Story: Nansen's Expedition to the North Pole -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A project that makes "sense" because it is consistent with an identity-based learning trajectory -- 1.3. A radical dual ambidextrous capacity -- 1.3.1. Planning -- 1.3.2. Adaptation -- 1.3.3. Exploration -- 1.3.4. Exploitation -- 1.4. A dynamic of knowledge expansion in terms of an epistemic community -- 1.4.1. The Intention -- 1.4.2. The spark -- 1.4.3. The manifesto -- 1.4.4. Various experts who formed a community around the project -- 1.4.5. A continuous increase in implementing knowledge -- 1.5. Conclusion -- 1.6. References -- 2. Project Management in Extreme Situations: The Manhattan Case -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The origins of the Manhattan project -- 2.3. Exploring the unknown -- 2.4. The Manhattan Project organization -- 2.5. Project management as sensemaking -- 2.6. The expansive legacy of the Manhattan project and the limit of the metaphor -- 2.7. References -- SECTION 2: Exploration Testimonies -- 3. Exploration, the Common Theme of a Training System on Innovation -- 3.1. The initial context at the origin of the adventure -- 3.2. The launch and preparation of the training program characteristic of exploration -- 3.3. The heart of program design: a step-by-step exploration -- 3.4. The transition to exploitation -- 3.5. Conclusion.
Year of publication: |
2019
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Authors: | Lièvre, Pascal |
Other Persons: | Aubry, Monique (contributor) ; Garal, Gilles (contributor) |
Publisher: |
Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated |
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Online Resource
Extent: | 1 online resource (446 pages) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
ISBN: | 978-1-119-66301-0 ; 978-1-78630-129-1 |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012124157
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