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How Hero-Dependent
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Based on The Hero's Rope by Wesley Paterson, CMC
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Theoretical Foundations
Cameron, K. S. & Quinn, R. E. (1999). Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture. Addison-Wesley. Foundational framework for assessing organizational patterns and cultural archetypes.
Hollnagel, E. (2006). Resilience Engineering: Concepts and Precepts. Ashgate. Examines how systems succeed and fail, and the role of human adaptability versus structural resilience.
Leana, C. R. (1986). "A Partial Test of Janis's Groupthink Model." Journal of Management, 12(1), 5-17. Explores delegation patterns and their impact on organizational decision-making capacity.