Operational Risk Management: A Case Study Approach to Effective Planning and Response
- 4h 7m
- Mark D. Abkowitz
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2008
In the world we live in today, disasters occur on a daily basis. Could they have been prevented from occurring? If emergency response had been more effective, how much less destruction might they have caused? Will similar disasters happen again? Operational Risk Management: A Case Study Approach to Effective Planning and Response examines the safety and security of an organization's people, facilities, and assets, as well as the communities in which they are located, from exposure to natural disasters, man-made accidents, and terrorist acts that have occurred worldwide, revealing the underlying causes of these catastrophic events.
Through the use of carefully selected case studies in a variety of scenarios across many different industries and environments, both in the United States and abroad, author and industry expert Mark Abkowitz uses historical events to demonstrate how operational risk management practices—or the lack of them—influence event likelihood and outcomes across all hazard domains. Each case contains a narrative, followed by a discussion that draws conclusions as to why things went wrong, as well as what, if anything, has been done to prevent such an occurrence from happening again. These include:
- Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse
- Nightmare in Bhopal
- Meltdown at Chernobyl
- Attack on the USS Cole
- September 11 – The World Trade Center
- London Transit Bombings
- Eruption of Mount St. Helens
- Hurricane Katrina
In reviewing painful experiences of the past, it is clear that protecting our future cannot be left to chance. Operational Risk Management: A Case Study Approach to Effective Planning and Response not only looks at the risk factors present in previous disasters but also at the valuable lessons learned. These factors and lessons are used to forge a path forward that risk managers can use to ensure that their organizations have strong safety and security plans in place–and are ready to respond when necessary.
About the Author
Mark D. Abkowitz is former chair-man of Visual Risk Technologies, a risk management consulting firm. He is also a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Abkowitz has served as chair of several national and international technical and advisory committees and currently holds a White House appointment as a member of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. He is the recipient of the 1996 Distinguished Services Award from the National Academy of Sciences for his leadership role with the Transportation Research Board. He has written numerous articles and spoken at a variety of conferences on the subject of operational risk management, in addition to appearing on NPR, Fox News, and CNBC.
In this Book
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Operational Risk Management—A Case Study Approach to Effective Planning and Response
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Preface
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Why Do Disasters Happen?
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Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse
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Nightmare in Bhopal
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Meltdown at Chernobyl
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Exxon Valdez
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Challenger and Columbia: Déjà Vu
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Oklahoma City Bombing
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Aum Shinrikyo: Terror in Japan
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Attack on The USS Cole
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September 11: The World Trade Center
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London Transit Bombings
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Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald
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Eruption of Mount St. Helens
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South Canyon Fire
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Sumatra–Andaman Tsunami
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Hurricane Katrina
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United Airlines Flight 232
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Alaska Pipeline and Denali Quake
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Lessons Learned
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Where Do We Go From Here?
