The dynamics of organizational collapse
Subtitle: the case of Barings Bank
By: Helga Drummond
Series: Routledge international studies in money and banking -- 46
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780415399616; 9780203932773
Subjects: Corporate culture; Case studies; Bank failures; Organizational behavior; Merchant banks; Organizational effectiveness; Barings Bank
Notes: "Transferred to digital printing 2009"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The paradox of consequences; title: "A pisspot third-rate bank"; title: Failing most successfully; title: The dynamics of power; title: Did Nick Leeson have an accomplice?; title: Analysing the fatal disconnect; title: Agency, structure and organizational collapse; title: From order filler to star trader; title: Analysis of Leeson's early days; title: Decision error; title: "A million bucks a day"; title: Analysis of the final weeks; title: The illusion of control; title: The last line of defence; title: Analysing the illusion of control; title: Summary and conclusions.