Risk : analysis, assessment, management /
edited by Jake Ansell and Frank Wharton.
- Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1992.
- x, 220 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Selection of contributions made to a series of seminars held during 1989/90 at the School of Management, Hull University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Risk Management: Basic Concepts and General Principles / F. Wharton Ch. 2. A Risk Engineering Approach to Risk Management / C. Chapman Ch. 3. The Perception of Risk / P. Carter and N. Jackson Ch. 4. Financial Risk Management Models / L. Thomas Ch. 5. The Use of Risk Analysis Techniques in Capital Investment Appraisal / S.S.M. Ho and R.H. Pike Ch. 6. Industrial Risk: Safety by Design / G.M. Ballard Ch. 7. Reliability: Industrial Risk Assessment / J. Ansell Ch. 8. Some Recent English Transportation Accidents in Britain / A.M. Lee Ch. 9. Science and Social Responsibility / B. Wynne Ch. 10. Major Epidemics of the Twentieth Century: from Coronary Thrombosis to AIDS / R. Doll Ch. 11. The Ethics of Risk Management / J. Donaldson Ch. 12. The Irresponsible Management of Risk / C. Boyd Ch. 13. Risk Management: a Review / J. Ansell and F. Wharton
This volume of papers on aspects of risk management consists of contributions made to a series of seminars held at Hull University in 1989/90. Topics range from methodology to ethics, with examples drawn from finance, industry, transport, health and the environment.