High Reliability and the Management of Critical Infrastructures Export

@article{citeulike:5938758, abstract = {Organisation theorists and practitioners alike have become greatly interested in high reliability in the management of large hazardous technical systems and society's critical service infrastructures. But much of the reliability analysis is centred in particular organisations that have command and control over their technical cores. Many technical systems, including electricity generation, water, telecommunications and other "critical infrastructures," are not the exclusive domain of single organisations. Our essay is organised around the following research question: How do organisations, many with competing, if not conflicting goals and interests, provide highly reliable service in the absence of ongoing command and control and in the presence of rapidly changing task environments with highly consequential hazards? We analyse electricity restructuring in California as a specific case. Our conclusions have surprising and important implications both for high reliability theory and for the future management of critical infrastructures organised around large technical systems.}, address = {Professor of Government, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 94613, USA. E-mail: paul@mills.edu; Professor of Public Policy, Mills College, Oakland, CA 94613, USA. E-mail: eroe@mills.edu; Associate Professor, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5015, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands. E-mail: M.J.G.vanEeten@tbm.tudelft.nl; Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5015, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands. E-mail: m.l.c.debruijne@tbm.tudelft.nl}, author = {Schulman, Paul and Roe, Emery and van Eeten, Michel and de Bruijne, Mark}, citeulike-article-id = {5938758}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0966-0879.2004.01201003.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/118796214/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.0966-0879.2004.01201003.x}, issn = {1468-5973}, journal = {Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management}, number = {1}, pages = {14--28}, posted-at = {2009-10-14 10:57:07}, priority = {2}, title = {High Reliability and the Management of Critical Infrastructures}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0966-0879.2004.01201003.x}, volume = {12}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5938758 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5938758 N2 - Organisation theorists and practitioners alike have become greatly interested in high reliability in the management of large hazardous technical systems and society's critical service infrastructures. But much of the reliability analysis is centred in particular organisations that have command and control over their technical cores. Many technical systems, including electricity generation, water, telecommunications and other "critical infrastructures," are not the exclusive domain of single organisations. Our essay is organised around the following research question: How do organisations, many with competing, if not conflicting goals and interests, provide highly reliable service in the absence of ongoing command and control and in the presence of rapidly changing task environments with highly consequential hazards? We analyse electricity restructuring in California as a specific case. Our conclusions have surprising and important implications both for high reliability theory and for the future management of critical infrastructures organised around large technical systems. IS - 1 JF - Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management SN - 1468-5973 AD - Professor of Government, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 94613, USA. E-mail: paul@mills.edu; Professor of Public Policy, Mills College, Oakland, CA 94613, USA. E-mail: eroe@mills.edu; Associate Professor, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5015, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands. E-mail: M.J.G.vanEeten@tbm.tudelft.nl; Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5015, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands. E-mail: m.l.c.debruijne@tbm.tudelft.nl EP - 28 TI - High Reliability and the Management of Critical Infrastructures VL - 12 SP - 14 AU - Schulman, Paul AU - Roe, Emery AU - van Eeten, Michel AU - de Bruijne, Mark PY - 2004/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0966-0879.2004.01201003.x ER -