Risk : analysis, assessment, management / edited by Jake Ansell and Frank Wharton.

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TextPublication details: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1992.Description: x, 220 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780471934646

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658.155 RIS

Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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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.

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