Nuclear Power Hazard Control Policy

Politics & Social Sciences

Chicken, John C.

Social Sciences

Franklin Book Co

Pergamon

<p>This book develops a comprehensive approach, known as the Ranking Technique, for the assessment of decision options. It aims to provide a way of presenting a decision maker with a consistent method of making a thorough assessment of all the factors associated with complex decisions. The Ranking Technique is based on a detailed analysis of all the issues involved and presents the results in a simple manner which should be understandable by the lay public not versed in the complexities of the issues involved. Ranking Technique is illustrated by application to four major decisions that have caused controversy and one fuel resource evaluation, although it is stressed that the Technique is applicable to all decision-making situations. The study describes how technical, economic and socio-political factors can be evaluated and their significance integrated to give a comprehensive assessment of the decision options.</p>

The Risk Ranking Technique in Decision Making

Business & Money

Hayns, Michael R.

Management & Leadership

Emerald Publishing

Making clear and defensible decisions about the acceptability of major projects and their inherent risk is a highly complex process. This book provides managers with a comprehensive yet completely accessible assessment of all the factors affecting such decisions. It develops a practical framework for the management of projects and leads the reader to arrive at realistic decisions which can be clearly justified in public.The author has extensive experience of the diverse assessment methodologies in common practice. Through an understanding of their strengths and weaknesses he develops a system for the integrated assessment of all the factors that must be considered, the so-called Risk Ranking Technique. Issues beyond a simple consideration of quantitative techniques are explained in a way which gives clear guidance to practising managers. The book focuses on the realistic rather than the theoretical through the use of diverse 'real-world' examples such as the Channel Tunnel project, Canvey Island Oil Refinery, Richmond Gas Terminal, Concorde, Sydney Opera House and the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transport System.There are five central elements to the book: an analysis of the decision making process; an evaluation of all the factors (technical, economic and socio-political) which need to be considered in determining the acceptibility of a proposal; an explanation and comparison of the various methods of assessment which can be used, including those techniques employed by financial institutions; a development of the most effective techniques into a practical managerial method; and an explanation and critical assessment of the suggested methodology through its application to various case examples.

Managing Risks and Decisions in Major Projects

Skills

Cengage Learning EMEA

<p>This book gives decision-makers a logical overall philosophy of risk that will enable them to make sound and consistently defensible decisions about the acceptability of risk. The authors examine a variety of activities - as diverse as major industrial projects and medicine, finance and sport, transport and manufacturing - to identify the factors common to all determinations of risk acceptability, and develop a hypothesis about the aspects of risk that are universally acceptable.</p>

The Philosophy of Risk

Posner, Tamar

Thomas Telford, Ltd.

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