Dirty Rotten Strategies How We Trick Ourselves and Others into Solving the Wrong Problems Precisely

Name: Dirty Rotten Strategies How We Trick Ourselves and Others into Solving the Wrong Problems Precisely
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ISBN: 9780804759960

ISBN-10: 0804759960

ISBN-13: 9780804759960

Edition: 2009

Authors: Ian Mitroff, Abraham Silvers

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People and organizations are perfectly capable of making the most outrageous missteps. But, how does a person, organization, or society know that it is committing an error? And, how can we tell that when others are steering us down wrong paths? Dirty Rotten Strategiesdelves into how organizations and interest groups lure us into solving the "wrong problems" with intricate, but inaccurate, solutions. Authors Ian I. Mitroff and Abraham Silvers argue that we can never be sure if we have set our sights on the wrong problem, but there are definite signals that can alert us to this possibility. While explaining how to detect and avoid dirty rotten strategies, the authors put the media,…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 10/13/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface



Screwing Up Royally: An Introduction to Errors of the Third and Fourth Kinds



What Is A Problem? An Initial Framework for Type Three and Type Four Errors



Organized Meanness: The Biggest and Most Broken Health System in the World



National Insecurity: The Complete and Utter Failure to Understand Why Bigger Is No Longer Better



The Media: National Insecurity



The Wonderful World Of Academia: Misrepresenting Reality



The Abuse And Misuse Of Science



Organized Religion: Misconstruing God



A General Theory Of Rottenness: Breaking the Grip of Type Four Errors


Notes


About The Authors


Index