Escalation in decision making the tragedy of Taurus
The 500 million Taurus project aimed to automate settlement systems on the London Stock Exchange. Begun in 1986, it was abandoned in 1993. This book asks how it was that a major project promoted by the Stock Exchange, supervised by committees, advised upon by two major consultancies, staffed by an e...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
1996, 1996
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The 500 million Taurus project aimed to automate settlement systems on the London Stock Exchange. Begun in 1986, it was abandoned in 1993. This book asks how it was that a major project promoted by the Stock Exchange, supervised by committees, advised upon by two major consultancies, staffed by an experienced technical team, could go wrong? |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 237 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780191684722 |