Drummond, Helga. <br/><br/>
The dynamics of organizational collapse :  the case of Barings Bank /  [manuscript] : 
Helga Drummond. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2009. 
 - xvi, 143 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Routledge international studies in money and banking ;  46 .
<br/><br/> "Transferred to digital printing 2009"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The paradox of consequences -- "A pisspot third-rate bank" -- Failing most successfully -- The dynamics of power -- Did Nick Leeson have an accomplice? -- Analysing the fatal disconnect -- Agency, structure and organizational collapse -- From order filler to star trader -- Analysis of Leeson's early days -- Decision error -- "A million bucks a day" -- Analysis of the final weeks -- The illusion of control -- The last line of defence -- Analysing the illusion of control -- Summary and conclusions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415399610 (hbk) 0203932773 (ebk) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007028584 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Leeson, Nicholas William.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Barings Bank.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bank failures--Great Britain.<br/>Merchant banks--Great Britain.<br/>Organizational behavior--Case studies.<br/>Corporate culture--Case studies.<br/>Organizational effectiveness--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG2998.B35  / D78 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.1/20941