Mistakes by organizations
Everyone makes mistakes ... but do organizations make mistakes in the same way that individuals do? No -- organizational mistakes are most often the result of dysfunctions such as principal-agent problems, conflicting cognitive frameworks, conflicting local priorities, external pressures on decision makers, poor communication and information-sharing. Orgs are not unified intentional actors ...
Understanding Society · Mistakes by organizationsIn 1964 Jim Marshall, a defensive player for the Minnesota Vikings, committed a mistake by recovering a fumble by the San Francisco 49ers and running it into the end zone – at the wrong end of the …