The Generative Properties Of Richness
- 1 February 2007
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal
- Vol. 50 (1), 14-19
- https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2007.24160637
Abstract
The article discusses the definition of richness and what it meant to zoologist and Harvard professor Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz. Agassiz taught his students to see the richness in objects or activities. The author uses a forest fire disaster that occurred in 1949 at the Mann Gulch to illustrate the importance of richness. There were so many factors and complex interactions that contributed to the fire that an analysis of the situation results in some lessons that can apply to other observable important moments.Keywords
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