Todd R Laporte
Biographic Data
| ID | 4398411 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Todd R Laporte |
| GIVEN NAMES | Todd R |
| FAMILY NAME | Laporte |
| SIGNATURE | LAPORTE T R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Loss of Capacity in Public Organizations
Important challenges to the administrative, policy-making, and implementation capacities of public organizations have arisen in recent years. These challenges may arise from many quarters, including budget cuts, organizational reforms, and most ominously, political subterfuge. Although limits on capacity may be familiar to the public organizations that must cope with them, they are less well understood by outside observers. This analytical gap un…
Airport Security, High Reliability, and the Problem of Rationality
The events of September 11, 2001, have raised troubling questions regarding the reliability and security of American commercial air travel. This article applies the concepts and logic of high–reliability organizations to airport security operations. Contemporary decision theory is built on the logic of limited or buffered rationability and is based on the study of error–tolerant organizations. The concept of high–reliability organizations is base…
Assuring Institutional Constancy
What role do demands for constancy play in the operations of public agencies? Institutional constancy of agencies and firms is discussed as a concept and an increasingly important political requirement for the operation of hazardous systems in the United States. Situations that increase demands for it are outlined and a basis for analysis and improving constancy is proposed. Managing large organizational systems poses extraordinary challenges for…
A State of the Field
A State of the Field: Increasing Relative Ignorance1 Get access Todd R. LaPorte Todd R. LaPorte University of CaliforniaBerkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Volume 4, Issue 1, January 1994, Pages 5–15, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a037194 Published: 01 January 1994
What Are We about
Working in Practice But Not in Theory
Journal Article Working in Practice But Not in Theory: Theoretical Challenges of "High-Reliability Organizations" Get access Todd R. LaPorte, Todd R. LaPorte University of CaliforniaBerkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Paula M. Consolini Paula M. Consolini University of CaliforniaBerkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Public Administration Research …
Working in Practice But Not in Theory
Journal Article Working in Practice But Not in Theory: Theoretical Challenges of "High-Reliability Organizations" Get access Todd R. LaPorte, Todd R. LaPorte University of CaliforniaBerkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Paula M. Consolini Paula M. Consolini University of CaliforniaBerkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Public Administration Research …
Working in Practice But Not in Theory
Journal Article Working in Practice But Not in Theory: Theoretical Challenges of "High-Reliability Organizations" Get access Todd R. LaPorte, Todd R. LaPorte University of CaliforniaBerkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Paula M. Consolini Paula M. Consolini University of CaliforniaBerkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Public Administration Research …
What Are We about
A State of the Field
A State of the Field: Increasing Relative Ignorance1 Get access Todd R. LaPorte Todd R. LaPorte University of CaliforniaBerkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Volume 4, Issue 1, January 1994, Pages 5–15, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a037194 Published: 01 January 1994
Assuring Institutional Constancy
What role do demands for constancy play in the operations of public agencies? Institutional constancy of agencies and firms is discussed as a concept and an increasingly important political requirement for the operation of hazardous systems in the United States. Situations that increase demands for it are outlined and a basis for analysis and improving constancy is proposed. Managing large organizational systems poses extraordinary challenges for…
Airport Security, High Reliability, and the Problem of Rationality
The events of September 11, 2001, have raised troubling questions regarding the reliability and security of American commercial air travel. This article applies the concepts and logic of high–reliability organizations to airport security operations. Contemporary decision theory is built on the logic of limited or buffered rationability and is based on the study of error–tolerant organizations. The concept of high–reliability organizations is base…
The Loss of Capacity in Public Organizations
Important challenges to the administrative, policy-making, and implementation capacities of public organizations have arisen in recent years. These challenges may arise from many quarters, including budget cuts, organizational reforms, and most ominously, political subterfuge. Although limits on capacity may be familiar to the public organizations that must cope with them, they are less well understood by outside observers. This analytical gap un…
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Administration (probate law (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Management (2 works)