4. Preventing Corporate Fiascos: Corporate Information Exceptions

The general analogy sketched in Chap. 3 between cell-human and human-institution is further explored for insights into handling corporate information exceptions, since the cell-human component handles signs and symptoms of disease quite well. The analogy assists in identifying additional requirements definitions in our application modeling and development suitable for fiasco prevention. Note that there is always some form of management of information exceptions in an institution, called a management by exceptions (MBE) system. We inject the idea that the main functionalities of our revised and improved MBE will be analogous to: (1) the autonomic part of the central nervous system in humans; and (2) features of the human immunization system. The improved MBE will address both stability and exceptions in an institution.