Organizing in the Face of Risk and Threat Book

1 Introduction : action nets Barbara Czarniawska Czarniawska, Barbara 1

2 Risk and organizing - the growth of a research field Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist Eriksson-Zetterquist, Ulla 9

3 Marburg virus, or a story of preparedness Andreas Diedrich Diedrich, Andreas 25

4 Bird flu - threat or opportunity? Kajsa Lindberg Lindberg, Kajsa 50

5 Welfare services - an area for risk management? Lars Noren Noren, Lars 68

6 Adventure tourism : making risk safe Eva Gustavsson Gustavsson, Eva 91

7 A net of actions in the tracks of storm Gudrun David Renemark Renemark, David 117

8 The Tjorn Bridge catastrophe - on building a new bridge out of an old one Lars Walter Walter, Lars 132

9 Small time breaks Tobias Engberg Engberg, Tobias 144

10 The aesthetic threat Peter Zackariasson Zackariasson, Peter 156

11 Conclusions : plans or well-practiced improvisations? Barbara Czarniawska Czarniawska, Barbara 166

References 170

Index 177