188 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

This book builds on the authors' previous title Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude but this time looks exclusively at the challenges of understanding and managing those attitudes adopted by groups of people when faced with making decisions that they perceive as risky and important. The book makes the link between risk management and decision-making explicit, building on existing work from... Read more
Part I Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude: The State of Current Knowledge; Chapter 1 Understanding Risk Attitude; Chapter 2 What is a Good Decision?; Chapter 3 Managing Risk Attitude; Part II Group Risk Attitude in Action: From Theory to Practice; Chapter 4 Drivers of Group Risk Attitude; Chapter 5 Exploring Influences on Group Risk Attitude; Chapter 6 Implications for Managing Group Risk Attitude; Part III Effective Group Decision-making Through Managed Risk Attitude; Chapter 7 Practical Steps for Managing Group Risk Attitude; Chapter 8 The Journey Continues;

Biography

Ruth Murray-Webster MBA PMP MAPM MCQI MCIPD is an organizational change consultant, and Managing Partner of Lucidus Consulting Ltd. Ruth's primary interests and contributions to practice embrace the behavioural aspects of change management through projects and programmes including attitudes to and approaches to managing risk. Ruth is a Visiting Fellow of Cranfield University School of Management. Dr David Hillson FRSA FAPM FIRM FCMI is an international risk management consultant, and Director of Risk Doctor & Partners. He is widely recognised as a leading thinker and practitioner in the risk field, and has made several innovative contributions to improving risk management. David is an active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and has received the PMI Distinguished Contribution Award.

'[They have succeeded in] making such a multi-faceted subject highly readable and genuinely interesting.' - The RoSPA Occupational Safety & Health Journal