Risks cannot be avoided, but successful ways of dealing with them can be developed. This handbook provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage for assessing the acceptability of risks. The text examines the practical methods for assessing risk and the theoretical considerations in some detail. It unifies the pragmatic and scientific approach to risk to provide a defensible approach to risk assessment and management. The appendices also include a guide for managers to the mathematics involved.
Risks cannot be avoided, but successful ways of dealing with them can be developed. This handbook provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage for assessing the acceptability of risks. The text examines the practical methods for assessing risk and the theoretical considerations in some detail. It unifies the pragmatic and scientific approach to risk to provide a defensible approach to risk assessment and management. The appendices also include a guide for managers to the mathematics involved.
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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50 line illustrations, index
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Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 189 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-412-62750-7 (9780412627507)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
1. Introduction 2. Risk Acceptability Decision Making 3. Real Working Environment Risks 4. Risks in the Public Environment 5. Assess the True Cost of Risk 6. The Special Character of Business Risks 7. The Insurance of Risks 8. Forms of Risk Management. Glossary. Further Reading. Appendix I: Required Mathematics. Appendix II: Vital Assessment Methodologies. Appendix III: Hazardous Properties of Chemicals and their Evaluation. Appendix IV: Radiation Risks. Appendix V: Risk Data and Computer Programs Available.
