TY  - BOOK
AU  - Drummond,Helga
TI  - The dynamics of organizational collapse: the case of barings bank 
SN  - 9780415399616
U1  - 332.120941 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Bank failures
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Barings Bank
KW  - Corporate culture
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Merchant banks
KW  - Organizational behavior
N1  - Helga Drummond's exploration is conducted against a backdrop of social and psychological theories of decision error that seeks to go beyond media style accusations of greed and incompetence. She challenges the myth that Barings 'must have known' that mischief was afoot. The book offers lessons for all organizations as it shows how easily managers can end up living in a world of fantasy believing that everything is under control when the precise opposite may be true. It is not risk and uncertainty that should worry organizations, concludes Drummond, but what they are most sure of
ER  -