1st Edition

In Pursuit of Foresight Disaster Incubation Theory Re-imagined

By Mike Lauder Copyright 2016
248 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

Many inquiry reports blame management for their failures of foresight . These reports are based on the premise that, with a little more thought, these oversights, and so the crisis, would have been avoided. Is it really that simple? The important question is whether, without hindsight, it would have even been possible to identify the actual factors that lead to the failure. This book explores... Read more

1. In appreciation of Barry Turner

2. Selecting a framework for foresight

3. Issues for foresight

4. Debate framework

5. Lessons to be learnt

6. Pursuing foresight

7. Epilogue

Biography

Dr Mike Lauder MBE has worked in risk management for the last 30 years. He is now an independent researcher and a visiting fellow at Cranfield School of Management, where he undertook his doctorate studying risk governance and the process, outcomes, effectiveness and efficacy of public inquiries. He has a wide range of experience in this field covering his time in the military and as a consultant. He has practical experience of risk management as a military engineer, including work in bomb disposal and as a security specialist. He has worked in both construction and procurement project management and has wider experience of logistic operations and corporate financial planning. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and has published in Risk Management Professional, the magazine of The Institute of Risk Management.