Shifting the Burden: When Organizations Become Addicted

Christoph E. Mandl
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Christoph E. Mandl: University of Vienna

Chapter Chapter 10 in Managing Complexity in Social Systems, 2023, pp 111-120 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Addiction is a disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to engage in certain behaviors, despite negative consequences. Typically, such a disorder is associated with an individual. Yet, also social systemsSocial system may show addictive behavior. It is not difficult to stumble into a Shifting the Burden dynamicsDynamics. Getting rid of such addictive behavior is, however, not that simple, as is discussed in the context of maintenance, of outsourcingOutsourcing, and of nosocomial infectionNosocomial infection.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-30222-0_10

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