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Assignment:
Questions on the Tacoma/Ruckelshaus asarco Case
• What problem did William Ruckelshaus face?
• How did Ruckelshaus interpret the problem - as technical or adaptive? Why?
• Could he have gone the other way? Would that have been good or bad?
• Why might Ruckelshaus have refused to decide?
• Where was the risk to Ruckelshaus in taking this approach?
• What was the Holding Environment Ruckelshaus created?
• How did Ruckelshaus disturb equilibrium? How did he keep the pressure cooker lit?
• What were some of the means Ruckelshaus used to contain the stress? To contain the level of disequilibrium?
• Who were the stakeholders?
• Where was the resistance?
• Where was the learning?
• The key to adaptive work is learning. How did Ruckelshaus help people to learn?
• What were the benefits of the approach taken?