Fallibility at Work: Rethinking Excellence and Error in Organizations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781013289224)

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 a communication climate where it is normal to voice opinions, admit mistakes, and ask for help in critical situations. The book builds on interviews with practitioners in healthcare, aviation, IT, public governance, and industry. It connects narratives from these fields with theories from organizational psychology and philosophy, as well as from positive organizational scholarship. In the final chapter, an overall ethics of fallibility at work is outlined. Fallibility at Work contributes to research in multiple academic disciplines, but also reaches out to practitioners who are interested in the connections between error and excellence in organizations.

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Author: Øyvind Kvalnes
ISBN-10: 1013289226
ISBN-13: 9781013289224
Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2020
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.38d