ABSTRACT

First published in 2000, Risk Management is a two volume set, comprised of the most significant and influential articles by the leading authorities in the studies of risk management. The volumes includes a full-length introduction from the editor, an internationally recognized expert, and provides an authoritative guide to the selection of essays chosen, and to the wider field itself. The collections of essays are both international and interdisciplinary in scope and provide an entry point for investigating the myriad of study within the discipline.

chapter 16|15 pages

Operationalising the Theory of Cultural Complexity:

A Practical Approach to Risk Perceptions and Workplace Behaviours

chapter 20|14 pages

Corporate Risk Management

chapter 24|11 pages

Prevention is Better than Cure

chapter 29|20 pages

Redefining the Issues of Risk and Public Acceptance

The Social viability of technology

chapter 33|10 pages

Safety Culture, Corporate Culture

Organizational Transformation and the Commitment to Safety

chapter 34|13 pages

The Failure of Hindsight

chapter 35|30 pages

Risk, uncertainty and nuclear power