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FORMATION OF NEW ORGANIZATIONS TO MANAGE RISK 1
Author(s) -
Zimmerman Rae T.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1982.tb00498.x
Subject(s) - statutory law , business , fragmentation (computing) , task (project management) , risk management , task force , public relations , risk analysis (engineering) , process management , public administration , political science , management , law , computer science , economics , finance , operating system
Differences in statutory mandates, traditions, and attitudes toward risk cause agencies to develop different standards for the same substances. As a response to this fragmentation and uncertainty, common to environment decisions, new organizations emerge to try to coordinate the agencies but usually are created to perform a specific task rather than to coordinate agencies. For these new organizational forms to succeed, they must be in place before the crisis occurs and they must be able to facilitate, not impede, normal adaptive mechanisms of organizations.