20% Chance of Rain

Exploring the Concept of Risk

Richard B. Jones (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

360 Seiten

2011 | 2nd edition
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-470-59241-0 (ISBN)

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Risk applications require a robust knowledge of many attributes of this seemingly simple subject. Using examples and case studies, this book teaches the reader the fundamental and subtle aspects of risk, regardless of the specific situation. The text allows the reader to understand risk analysis while not getting too involved in mathematics.

There are plenty of books on specialized risk topics but few that deal with the broad diversity and daily applicability of this subject. Risk applications require a robust knowledge of many attributes of this seemingly simple subject. This book teaches the reader through examples and case studies the fundamental (and subtle) aspects of risk - regardless of the specific situation. The text allows the reader to understand the concept of risk analysis while not getting too involved in the mathematics; in this method the reader can apply these techniques across a wide range of situations. The second edition includes new examples from NASA and several other industries as well as new case studies from legal databases. The many real-life discussion topics enable the reader to form an understanding of the concepts of risk and risk management and apply them to day-to-day issues.

Richard B. Jones has spent the past thirty years applying risk analysis and management techniques to industrial and business problems. He is the author of many articles, has presented at numerous conferences, and is the author of two previous books on risk management.

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

1. Risk: Life’s Question Mark 1

2. Measurement: The Alchemist’s Base 15

3. Statistics: Numbers Looking for an Argument 41

4. The Value of Life and Limb, Statistically Speaking 69

5. The Evolution of Risk 93

6. Frequency and Severity: Weighing the Risk 107

7. What’s in a Risk? Perception Creates Risk Reality 128

8. Risk, Regulation, and Reason 151

9. Earth, Air, and Water: The Not-So-Bare Essentials 176

10. Food . . . for Thought 210

11. Flying: The Not-So-Wild Blue Yonder 249

12. Risk on the Roads 278

13. An Incomplete List of Life’s Risks 315

Index 337

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.11.2011
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 236 mm
Gewicht	522 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Versicherungsbetriebslehre
ISBN-10	0-470-59241-9 / 0470592419
ISBN-13	978-0-470-59241-0 / 9780470592410
Zustand	Neuware