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Failures are a common phenomena in civilisation. Things fail and society responds, often very slowly, sometimes inappropriately. What kinds of things go wrong? Why do they go wrong? How do people and organisations react to failures, and what are the best ways to react? William B. Rouse takes an analytic approach to these questions and addresses eighteen well-known cases of high-consequence failures. He employs a multi-level framework to integrate findings across the case studies, and in turn uses these to outline a conceptual approach to integrated failure management. Though diverse in their causes and outcomes, his analysis shows that the conceptual design of an integrated approach to failure management can encompass each of the case studies, all of which would have benefitted from the same conceptual decision support architecture.

System failures (Engineering) --- Engineering --- Management. --- Civil engineering --- Structural engineering --- Failure of engineering systems --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Systems engineering --- Management --- System failures (Engineering) - Case studies --- Engineering - Management

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Despite the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenge of realizing sustainability across the triple bottom line of social, environmental, and economic development remains an urgent priority. If anything, it is now imperative that we work towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the global challenges are significant. Many of the societal challenges represent complex problems that require multifaceted solutions drawing on multidisciplinary approaches.Engineering management involves the management of people and projects related to technological or engineering systems—this includes project management, engineering economy and technology management, as well as the management and leadership of teams. Systems engineering involves the design, integration and management of complex systems over the full life cycle—this includes requirements capture and integrated system design, as well as modelling and simulation. In addition to the theoretical underpinnings of both disciplines, they also provide a range of tools and techniques that can be used to address technological and organisational complexity. The disciplines of engineering management and systems engineering are therefore ideally suited to help tackle both the challenges and the opportunities associated with realising a sustainable future for all.This book provides new insights on how engineering management and systems engineering can be utilised as part of the journey towards sustainability. The book includes a discussion of a broad range of different approaches to investigate sustainability through utilising quantitative, qualitative and conceptual methodologies. The book will be of interest to researchers and students focused on the field of sustainability as well as practitioners concerned with devising strategies for sustainable development.

Technology: general issues --- sustainability --- project success --- business-society --- business models --- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) --- sustainable development --- infrastructure project --- fuzzy analytic hierarchy process --- project selection --- sustainable projects --- multi-criteria decision making --- COVID-19 --- food and beverage --- manufacturing --- complexity theory --- engineering management --- management --- conceptual --- carbon neutral --- electric vehicle --- vehicle-to-grid --- renewable energy --- smart charging --- net-zero --- circular economy --- design methods --- whole systems thinking --- data centre industry --- sustainability --- project success --- business-society --- business models --- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) --- sustainable development --- infrastructure project --- fuzzy analytic hierarchy process --- project selection --- sustainable projects --- multi-criteria decision making --- COVID-19 --- food and beverage --- manufacturing --- complexity theory --- engineering management --- management --- conceptual --- carbon neutral --- electric vehicle --- vehicle-to-grid --- renewable energy --- smart charging --- net-zero --- circular economy --- design methods --- whole systems thinking --- data centre industry

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Despite the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenge of realizing sustainability across the triple bottom line of social, environmental, and economic development remains an urgent priority. If anything, it is now imperative that we work towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the global challenges are significant. Many of the societal challenges represent complex problems that require multifaceted solutions drawing on multidisciplinary approaches.Engineering management involves the management of people and projects related to technological or engineering systems—this includes project management, engineering economy and technology management, as well as the management and leadership of teams. Systems engineering involves the design, integration and management of complex systems over the full life cycle—this includes requirements capture and integrated system design, as well as modelling and simulation. In addition to the theoretical underpinnings of both disciplines, they also provide a range of tools and techniques that can be used to address technological and organisational complexity. The disciplines of engineering management and systems engineering are therefore ideally suited to help tackle both the challenges and the opportunities associated with realising a sustainable future for all.This book provides new insights on how engineering management and systems engineering can be utilised as part of the journey towards sustainability. The book includes a discussion of a broad range of different approaches to investigate sustainability through utilising quantitative, qualitative and conceptual methodologies. The book will be of interest to researchers and students focused on the field of sustainability as well as practitioners concerned with devising strategies for sustainable development.

Technology: general issues --- sustainability --- project success --- business–society --- business models --- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) --- sustainable development --- infrastructure project --- fuzzy analytic hierarchy process --- project selection --- sustainable projects --- multi-criteria decision making --- COVID-19 --- food and beverage --- manufacturing --- complexity theory --- engineering management --- management --- conceptual --- carbon neutral --- electric vehicle --- vehicle-to-grid --- renewable energy --- smart charging --- net-zero --- circular economy --- design methods --- whole systems thinking --- data centre industry --- n/a --- business-society