Download or read book Introduction Can We Know the Risks We Face written by Mary and Aaron Wildavsky Douglas and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Short Introduction to Risk Assessments written by Emund Fish and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-31 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you really know what risk is? FEAR - DEATH - DESTRUCTION - THE APOCALYPSE Risk is complex and is emotionally charged; it is easy to misunderstand. Risk has many parts and we all have a different opinion of what that is. In the foreword, the former Executive Director of the CCPS highlights the belief that a mutual vocabulary for risk is essential in creating a better society. Understanding why we might see risk differently from the next person can help us have conversations with substance rather than raw accusations of deception and mistrust. The exploration of what makes up the subjective part of risk does not mean we will all agree on what the risk of something is. It does mean we can work towards more effect solutions and greater sense of accord; rather than being disenfranchised by "trust us, we're the experts". Exposing the underbelly of risk in a way that is accessible to expert and layman alike, this book is the first stepping stone in creating a common language about risk. Without a common language it is nearly impossible to communicate how we see risk to other people. Overconfidence in our knowledge is the root of the error in risk assessments. The risk assessment is less certain than we typically care to admit. It is this uncertainty that is at the root of our different perceptions of risk. This book explores this root of uncertainty and will help communication of the areas that people see with different eyes when assessing the same risks. Having explored why every risk assessment we do is fundamentally wrong; the book explores how humans make decisions even without the certainty of outcomes. Understanding how we get to "good enough" decisions provides an insight into designing system for dealing with real people based on the level of uncertainty. Get prepared to start better conversations about risk, by reading this book. Better yet, buy a copy for your boss, your colleagues and most importantly of all, people that sit on the other side of table of your risk assessments.
Download or read book Risk written by General Stanley McChrystal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Team of Teams and My Share of the Task, an entirely new way to understand risk and master the unknown. Retired four-star general Stan McChrystal has lived a life associated with the deadly risks of combat. From his first day at West Point, to his years in Afghanistan, to his efforts helping business leaders navigate a global pandemic, McChrystal has seen how individuals and organizations fail to mitigate risk. Why? Because they focus on the probability of something happening instead of the interface by which it can be managed. In this new book, General McChrystal offers a battle-tested system for detecting and responding to risk. Instead of defining risk as a force to predict, McChrystal and coauthor Anna Butrico show that there are in fact ten dimensions of control we can adjust at any given time. By closely monitoring these controls, we can maintain a healthy Risk Immune System that allows us to effectively anticipate, identify, analyze, and act upon the ever-present possibility that things will not go as planned. Drawing on examples ranging from military history to the business world, and offering practical exercises to improve preparedness, McChrystal illustrates how these ten factors are always in effect, and how by considering them, individuals and organizations can exert mastery over every conceivable sort of risk that they might face. We may not be able to see the future, but with McChrystal’s hard-won guidance, we can improve our resistance and build a strong defense against what we know—and what we don't.
Download or read book Risk written by Ben J. M. Ale and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 2009 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investments, global warming and crossing the road - risk is a factor embedded in our everyday lives but do we really understand what it means, how it is quantified and how decisions are made? In six chapters Ben Ale explains the concepts, methods and procedures for risk analysis and in doing so provides an introductory understanding of risk perception, assessment and management. Aided by over seventy illustrations, the author casts light on the often overlooked basics of this fascinating field, making this an essential text for students at undergraduate and postgraduate level as well as policy and decision-making professionals. Developed from the Safety Science or Risk Science course taught at Delft University, this highly respected author has a lifetime of knowledge and experience in the study of risk.
Download or read book More Safety and Security at Sports Grounds written by Jim Chalmers and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of articles and commentaries debating the differences between 'safety' and 'security' and looks at aspects of the football hooliganism problem. It also presents case studies of safety and security at different venues and events, as well as critiquing spectator experiences in different world venues.
Download or read book Risk An Introduction written by Ben Ale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investments, global warming and crossing the road – risk is a factor embedded in our everyday lives but do we really understand what it means, how it is quantified and how decisions are made? In six chapters Ben Ale explains the concepts, methods and procedures for risk analysis and in doing so provides an introductory understanding of risk perception, assessment and management. Aided by over seventy illustrations, the author casts light on the often overlooked basics of this fascinating field, making this an essential text for students at undergraduate and postgraduate level as well as policy and decision-making professionals. Developed from the Safety Science or Risk Science course taught at Delft University, this highly respected author has a lifetime of knowledge and experience in the study of risk.
Download or read book You Are What You Risk written by Michele Wucker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 international bestselling author of The Gray Rhino offers a bold new framework for understanding and re-shaping our relationship with risk and uncertainty to live more productive and successful lives. What drives a sixty-four-year-old woman to hurl herself over Niagara Falls in a barrel? Why do we often create bigger risks than the risks we try to avoid? Why are corporate boards newly worried about risky personal behavior by CEOs? Why are some nations quicker than others to recognize and manage risks like pandemics, technological change, and climate crisis? The answers define each person, organization, and society as distinctively as a fingerprint. Understanding the often-surprising origins of these risk fingerprints can open your eyes, inspire new habits, catalyze innovation and creativity, improve teamwork, and provide a beacon in a world that seems suddenly more uncertain than ever. How you see risk and what you do about it depend on your personality and experiences. How you make these cost-benefit calculations depend on your culture, your values, the people in the room, and even unexpected things like what you’ve eaten recently, the temperature, the music playing, or the fragrance in the air. Being alert to these often-unconscious influences will help you to seize opportunity and avoid danger. You Are What You Risk is a clarion call for an entirely new conversation about our relationship with risk and uncertainty. In this ground-breaking, accessible and eminently timely book, Michele Wucker examines why it’s so important to understand your risk fingerprint and how to make your risk relationship work better in business, life, and the world. Drawing on compelling risk stories around the world and weaving in economics, anthropology, sociology, and psychology research, Wucker bridges the divide between professional and lay risk conversations. She challenges stereotypes about risk attitudes, re-frames how gender and risk are related, and shines new light on generational differences. She shows how the new science of “risk personality” is re-shaping business and finance, how healthy risk ecosystems support economies and societies, and why embracing risk empathy can resolve conflicts. Wucker shares insights, practical tools, and proven strategies that will help you to understand what makes you who you are –and, in turn, to make better choices, both big and small.
Download or read book Introduction to Risk and Failures written by D. H. Stamatis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk is everywhere, in everything we do. Realizing this fact, we all must try to understand this "risk" and if possible to minimize it. This book expands the conversation beyond failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) techniques. While FMEA is indeed a powerful tool to forecast failures for both design and processes, it is missing methods for considering safety issues, catastrophic events, and their consequences. This new book focuses on risk and HAZOP as they relate to major catastrophic events, safety, and risk.
Download or read book Introduction to Risk Analysis written by Daniel M. Byrd III and published by Government Institutes. This book was released on 2000-08-01 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for safety and loss-control, environmental, and quality managers, this is the first comprehensive, integrated guide to developing a complete environmental risk analysis for regulated substances and processes. Unlike other books, Introduction to Risk Analysis looks at risk from a regulatory perspective, allowing both professionals in regulatory agencies concerned with risk_including OSHA, EPA, USDA, DOT, FDA, and state environmental agencies_and professionals in any agency-regulated industry to understand and implement the methods required for proper risk assessment. The authors examine risk and the structure of analysis. Emphasizing the predictive nature of risk, they discuss the quantitative nature of risk and explore quantitative-analysis topics, including data graphing, logarithmic thinking, risk estimating, and curve fitting. Chapters include discussions on functions, models, and uncertainties; the regulatory process; risk assessment; exposure; dosimetry; epidemiology; toxicology; risk characterization; comparative risk assessment; ecological risk assessment; risk management; and risk communication. Six in-depth case studies, an annotated bibliography, and more than 50 figures are also included.
Download or read book A Practical Introduction to Security and Risk Management written by Bruce Newsome and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to introduce the full spectrum of security and risks and their management. Author and field expert Bruce Newsome helps readers learn how to understand, analyze, assess, control, and generally manage security and risks from the personal to the operational. They will develop the practical knowledge and skills they need, including analytical skills, basic mathematical methods for calculating risk in different ways, and more artistic skills in making judgments and decisions about which risks to control and how to control them. Organized into 16 brief chapters, the book shows readers how to: analyze security and risk; identify the sources of risk (including hazards, threats, and contributors); analyze exposure and vulnerability; assess uncertainty and probability; develop an organization’s culture, structure, and processes congruent with better security and risk management; choose different strategies for managing risks; communicate and review; and manage security in the key domains of operations, logistics, physical sites, information, communications, cyberspace, transport, and personal levels.
Download or read book An Introduction to Risk and Uncertainty in the Evaluation of Environmental Investments written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Risk Science written by Terje Aven and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk science is becoming increasingly important as businesses, policymakers and public sector leaders are tasked with decision-making and investment using varying levels of knowledge and information. Risk Science: An Introduction explores the theory and practice of risk science, providing concepts and tools for understanding and acting under conditions of uncertainty. The chapters in this book cover the fundamental concepts, principles, approaches, methods and models for how to understand, assess, communicate, manage and govern risk. These topics are presented and examined in a way which details how they relate, for example, how to characterize and communicate risk with particular emphasis on reflecting uncertainties; how to distinguish risk perception and professional risk judgments; how to assess risk and guide decision-makers, especially for cases involving large uncertainties and value differences; and how to integrate risk assessment with resilience-based strategies. The text provides a variety of examples and case studies that relate to highly visible and relevant issues facing risk academics, practitioners and non-risk leaders who must make risk-related decisions. This revised and updated second edition features an entirely new chapter on the integrity and quality of risk studies, and dealing with misinformation in the context of risk. Presenting both the foundational and most recent advancements in the subject matter, this work particularly suits students of risk science courses at college and university level. The book also provides broader key reading for students and scholars in other domains, including business, engineering and public health.
Download or read book Risk Assessment of Chemicals An Introduction written by C.J. van Leeuwen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years many developments have taken place in promote co-operation between governments and other the field of risk assessment of chemicals. Many reports parties involved in chemical safety and to provide policy have been published by national authorities, industries guidance with emphasis on regional and subregional co and scientific researchers as well as by international bod operation. The Inter-Organization Programme for the ies such as the European Union, the Organization of Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC) was estab Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and lished in 1995 and provides a mechanism for the six par the joint International Programme on Chemical Safety ticipating organizations (UNEP, ILO, FAO, UNIDO,WHO (IPCS) of the World Health Organization (WHO), the and OECD) to better co-ordinate policies and activities in International Labour Organization (lLO), and the United the field of chemical risk management. Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The present book is an introduction to risk assessment of The development and international harmonization of risk chemicals. It contains basic background information on assessment methods is an important challenge. In sources, emissions, distribution and fate processes for Agenda 21 of the United Nations Conference on exposure estimation. It includes dose-effects estimation Environment and Development (UNCED), chapter 19 is for both human health related toxicology and ecotoxicol entirely devoted to the management of chemicals. For ogy as well as information on estimation methodologies. one of its recommendations, i. e.
Download or read book Risk A Very Short Introduction written by Baruch Fischhoff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk is everywhere - from genetically modified crops, dams, and stem-cell therapy to heartbreak, online predators, inflation, and robbery. This Very Short Introduction examines what science has learned about how people deal with risks, what we can learn through decision theory, and how we can evaluate risk in our own lives.
Download or read book Risk Management Insights written by Mansoor Muallim and published by M M Info Care. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 1: Introduction to Risk Management Jammy: Hi, Canny! I'm excited to talk about risk management today. It's a crucial topic that can help individuals and businesses make better decisions and handle uncertainties effectively. Canny: Hi, Jammy! Absolutely, I've heard a bit about risk management, but I'd love to learn more. What exactly is it? Jammy: Great question, Canny! Risk management is the process of identifying, assessing, and addressing potential risks or uncertainties that may affect our goals or objectives. It helps us understand and prepare for the unexpected, reducing negative impacts and maximizing opportunities. Canny: I see. So, it's about being prepared for the unknown. How do we start with risk management? Jammy: That's right, Canny. To begin, we need to identify risks. This involves looking at all the possible things that could go wrong or derail our plans. Once we've identified them, we assess their potential impact and likelihood of occurring. Canny: How do we assess risks? Jammy: Good question! There are qualitative and quantitative methods for risk assessment. Qualitative analysis involves using expert judgment and experience to prioritize risks based on their severity. Quantitative analysis, on the other hand, involves assigning numerical values to risks gauging their potential impact more precisely. Canny: That makes sense. After assessing the risks, what's next? Jammy: Once we have a clear understanding of the risks, we develop strategies to manage them. There are four main ways to handle risks: Avoidance, where we eliminate the risk altogether; Mitigation, where we reduce the impact or likelihood of the risk; Transfer, where we shift the risk to someone else; and Acceptance, where we acknowledge the risk and its consequences. Canny: How do we decide which strategy to use? Jammy: It depends on the risk and the situation. For example, if the risk is too severe, we might consider avoiding it if possible. If not, we can try to minimize its impact through mitigation. Sometimes, transferring the risk to a third party, like outsourcing a risky task, can be a smart move. And in some cases, when the risk is acceptable and manageable, we might choose to accept it. Canny: That's a lot to consider! Are there any other steps in the risk management process? Jammy: Yes, Canny. After developing our risk management strategies, we need to implement them and monitor their effectiveness regularly. Risk management is an ongoing process, and we must adapt our strategies as circumstances change. Canny: I'm starting to grasp the concept of risk management, but can you give me some real-life examples? Jammy: Sure! Let's say you're planning an outdoor event. The risk of bad weather could impact attendance and logistics. To manage this risk, you might have a backup indoor venue or provide shelter options. Another example is a business expanding into a new market. The risk of regulatory changes might be mitigated by conducting thorough research and seeking legal advice. Canny: Those examples make it easier to understand. I can see how risk management is essential in various aspects of life. Jammy: Absolutely, Canny! It's a valuable skill to have, whether you're making personal decisions or managing a business. Being proactive in identifying and managing risks can make a significant difference in achieving success. Key Takeaways: Risk management involves identifying, assessing, and addressing potential risks or uncertainties. There are qualitative and quantitative methods for risk assessment. Strategies for risk management include avoidance, mitigation, transfer, and acceptance. Risk management is an ongoing process that requires regular monitoring and adaptation. Real-life examples illustrate the importance of risk management in different scenarios.
Download or read book Risk A Multidisciplinary Introduction written by Claudia Klüppelberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a unique book addressing the integration of risk methodology from various fields. It will stimulate intellectual debate and communication across disciplines, promote better risk management practices and contribute to the development of risk management methodologies. Individual chapters explain fundamental risk models and measurement, and address risk and security issues from diverse areas such as finance and insurance, the health sciences, life sciences, engineering and information science. Integrated Risk Sciences is an emerging discipline that considers risks in different fields, aiming at a common language, and at sharing and improving methods developed in different fields. Readers should have a Bachelor degree and have taken at least one basic university course in statistics and probability. The main goal of the book is to provide basic knowledge on risk and security in a common language; the authors have taken particular care to ensure that all content can readily be understood by doctoral students and researchers across disciplines. Each chapter provides simple case studies and examples, open research questions and discussion points, and a selected bibliography inviting readers to further study.
