Minding the Machines: Preventing Technological Disasters

Minding the Machines: Preventing Technological Disasters
ISBN-10
0130656461
ISBN-13
9780130656469
Category
Disasters
Pages
485
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Prentice Hall Professional
Authors
William M. Evan, Mark Manion

Description

A provocative and authoritative guide to understanding the questions surrounding technology disasters that occur, with a blueprint for the prevention of future disasters, this book looks at over three dozen case studies and the lessons learned from them.

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