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Managing risk : the human element [electronic resource]

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Chichester, UK : John Wiley & Sons, 2008Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 539 pages) : illustrations : (electronic bk.)ISBN:
  • 9781615830916
  • 161583091X (electronic bk.)
  • 9780470714454 (electronic bk.)
  • 047071445X (electronic bk.)
  • (hbk.)
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Contents:
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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.
Summary: RemoteSummary: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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