Escalation in Decision-Making The Tragedy of Taurus

Name: Escalation in Decision-Making The Tragedy of Taurus
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ISBN: 9780198289531

ISBN-10: 0198289537

ISBN-13: 9780198289531

Edition: 1996

Authors: Helga Drummond

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Getting organizations going is one thing. Stopping them is another. This book examines how and why organizations become trapped in disastrous decisions. The focal point is Project Taurus, an IT venture commissioned by the London Stock Exchange and supported by numerous City Institutions. Taurus was intended to transform London's antiquated manual share settlement procedures into a state of the art electronic system that would be the envy of the world. The project collapsed after three year's intensive work and investments totalling almost 500 million. This book is an in depth study of escalation in decision making. The author has interviewed a number of people who played a key role and…

Book details

List price: $235.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/13/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 286
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

HELGA DRUMMOND is Professor of Decision Sciences at the University of Liverpool, UK. She has consulted for a multitude of businesses ranging from undertakers to IT managers - a dversity reflected in The Art of Decision Making - and is the author of seven previous books that have been translated worldwide.



Preface


Acknowledgements


List of Figures


Chronology



Researching Taurus


Notes



The Mad Hatter's Tea-Party


Notes



Chickens Come Home


Postscript


Newspaper and Magazine Articles on Taurus, 1986-1993


Bibliography


Index