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Managing Risk : The Human Element (Record no. 57157)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780470714461
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780470699768
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Duffey, R.B.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Managing Risk : The Human Element
Medium [electronic resource]
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Chichester, UK :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. John Wiley & Sons.,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2008
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (xxvii, 539 pages) : illustrations
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Definitions of risk and risk management -- The art of prediction and the creation of order -- Technical summary -- The universal learning curve -- The four echoes : power blackouts, space shuttle losses, concorde crashes, and the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island accidents -- Predicting rocket risks and refinery explosions : near misses, shuttle safety, and anti-missile defence systems effectiveness -- The probability of human error : learning in technological systems -- Eliminating mistakes : the concept of error states -- Risk assessment : dynamic events and financial risks -- Safety and risk management systems : the fifth echoes -- Risk perception : searching for the truth among all the numbers -- I must be learning.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The human element is the principle cause of incidents and accidents in all technology industries; hence it is evident that an understanding of the interaction between humans and technology is crucial to the effective management of risk. Despite this, no tested model that explicitly and quantitatively includes the human element in risk prediction is currently available. Managing Risk: the Human Element combines descriptive and explanatory text with theoretical and mathematical analysis, offering important new concepts that can be used to improve the management of risk, trend analysi.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Electronic books
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Includes bibliographical references and index.
690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN)
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Industrial safety.
690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN)
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Industrial accidents.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Saull, John Walton
856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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