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Title Accident and design : contemporary debates in risk management / edited by Christopher Hood & David K.C. Jones
Published London ; Bristol, Pa. : UCL Press, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages) : illustrations
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; List of contributors; Introduction; Anticipation in risk management: a stitch in time?; Liability and blame: pointing the finger or nobody's fault; Quantitative risk assessment and risk management: risk policy by numbers; Designing institutions: a house of cards?; Counting the cost; Participation in risk management decisions; The regulatory target: products and structures; or people and organizations?; Conclusion: learning from your desk lamp; Bibliography; Index
Summary An examination of different theoretical, methodological and practical approaches towards the management of risk. Seven dimensions of the debate are identified, and the case for each position is put forward, the whole discussion being set in context
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-244) and index
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Subject Risk management.
Risk assessment.
Decision making.
risk management.
risk assessment.
decision making.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Insurance -- Risk Assessment & Management.
Decision making
Risk assessment
Risk management
Form Electronic book
Author Hood, Christopher, 1947-
Jones, David K. C
LC no. 96224912
ISBN 0203501330
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