Overview

This book describes the complex issue of risks in a changing world (of work), and how to find solutions through risk management and risk governance - for the benefit of employees, employers, other stakeholders, shareholders and society in general. The focus is on occupational safety and health, also the complex structure of 'surrounding' political, cultural, natural and economic environments are considered.

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Author:   Hans-Jürgen Bischoff
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Volume:   13
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9789048178322

ISBN 10:   9048178320
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   18 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Challenges to Global Governance in the Changing World of Work.- Risk Governance: Combining Facts and Values in Risk Management.- Governance of Occupational Safety and Health and Environmental Risks.- New Emerging Risks.- How to Develop a “Safe Society”.- Lessons Learnt – Road Ahead: Summary and Proposal for Golden Rules in Health and Safety.

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From the reviews: This multiauthored work, volume 13 of the 'Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability, and Quality' series, addresses risk and risk management in a more general fashion ! . The book is intended for academic course work ! and as a resource for practitioners or researchers in fields such as safety and risk assessment and management, emergency planning, reliability and vulnerability assessment and management, and quality assurance. ! Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through practitioners. (R. E. Buntrock, Choice, Vol. 46 (2), October, 2008)

From the reviews: This multiauthored work, volume 13 of the 'Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability, and Quality' series, addresses risk and risk management in a more general fashion ... . The book is intended for academic course work ... and as a resource for practitioners or researchers in fields such as safety and risk assessment and management, emergency planning, reliability and vulnerability assessment and management, and quality assurance. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through practitioners. (R. E. Buntrock, Choice, Vol. 46 (2), October, 2008)

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