Title:
Todd R. La Porte papers, approximately 1960-2014
Todd R. Laporte papers
Creator/Contributor:
La Porte, Todd R., 1931-, creator, creator.
Abstract:
Includes correspondence, research notes and writings, course materials, reports and reprints from Professor La Porte's teaching,
research, and consulting work. Six cartons and one box contain student papers from his undergraduate Administrative Behavior
class on the organizational units in the University of California, Berkeley and are restricted.
Date:
1960 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Technology -- Public opinion
Nuclear power plants
Organizational effectiveness
Reliability (Engineering)
Air traffic control
Radioactive waste disposal
La Porte, Todd R -- 1931- -- Archives
Note:
UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via a Special
Collections Request link.
Cartons 34-39 and box 1: RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Gift of Todd LaPorte 2023.
Todd R. La Porte is professor emeritus of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. He teaches and publishes
in the areas of organization theory, technology, and politics, and on the organizational and decisionmaking dynamics of large,
complex, technologically intensive organizations. He is best known for his work in High Reliability Organization Studies,
which reseach the organizational aspects of hazardous, safety critical systems such as nuclear power, air traffic control,
and nuclear aircraft carriers. He was a member of numerous scholarly organizations and was particularly active in the National
Academy of Science, serving on the Board on Radioactive Waste Management, and panels on the Committee on Human Factors, and
the Transportation Research Board, and the Committees on Long Term Institutional Management of DOE Legacy Waste Sites: Phase
Two, and Principles and Operational Strategies for Staged Repository Systems. At the University of California, Berkeley he
taught courses on Public Administration and Organization; Administrative Behavior, Technology, Organization, and Politics.
Todd R. La Porte papers, BANC MSS 2023/233, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Faculty papers.
Physical Description:
print
49 (39 1
Language:
English
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via a Special
Collections Request link.
Cartons 34-39 and box 1: RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.