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ASU lifelong learning program brings Arizona author series to Sun City Communities
Nov. 14, 2005
Sun City residents will have the opportunity to meet authors from Arizona State University and the local community as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at ASU. Registration for the
As part of the five-part series, Robert Mittelstaedt, dean of ASU’s W. P. Carey School of Business, will discuss his recent book “Will Your Next Mistake be Fatal?”. In his book, Mittelstaedt contends disasters rarely happen from a single incident or mistake.
“Small mistakes turn into larger chains of events that result in disaster,” said Mittelstaedt. “Clearly, you can’t stop natural disasters from occurring. However, as we saw with the onset and devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the way organizations respond or do not respond to disaster influences the degree to which they are successful or unsuccessful.”
The author series also includes ASU professors Ramsey Eric Ramsey, “Leaving us to Wonder: An Essay on the Questions Science Can’t Ask,” and Richard Morris, “Sinners, Lovers, and Heroes: An Essay on Memorializing in Three American Cultures”; instructor James Mitsui, “A Three-Cornered World”; and
For registration and class information, call the local ASU lifelong learning office —
The Osher Lifelong Institute at
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