Learning from Disasters: A Management Approach

Toft, Brian; Reynolds, Simon

ISBN 10: 1899287051 / ISBN 13: 9781899287055

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 1997

About this Item

USED book in ACCEPTABLE condition. Cover and pages are in tact but may show creases, tears, water damage, handwriting, underlining, or highlighting. Supplemental items such as access codes and CDs not guaranteed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning from Disasters: A Management Approach
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1899287051
• ISBN 13: 9781899287055
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

This compelling book is essential reading for those involved with risk management, disaster planning, and security and safety management. This second edition includes a new introductory chapter that demonstrates on a theoretical and practical level how risk management can be a cost-effective way of protecting organizations from losses. The book offers important insights into the way organizations implement policies, systems and procedures to prevent future disasters occurring.

About the Author

BRIAN TOFT is Research Director in the Risk Consulting Practice of Marsh Ltd. He is also a Visiting Professor of Risk Management at the School of Science and the Environment at Coventry University, UK, and an Honorary Visiting Fellow in Risk Management at the University of Southampton, UK. SIMON REYNOLDS worked for several years in the power engineering industry. He subsequently became a news editor, specializing in online political and macro-economic news. He now works freelance and regularly contributes to magazines and newsletters.