Learning from Disasters by Brian Toft

Learning from Disasters by Brian Toft

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Intended for those involved with risk management, disaster planning, and security and safety management, this book demonstrates how risk management can be a cost-effective way of protecting organizations from losses. It offers insights into the way organizations implement policies, systems and procedures to prevent future disasters occurring.

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Learning from Disasters by Brian Toft

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.
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.
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ISBN 13 9781899287055
ISBN 10 1899287051
Title Learning from Disasters
Author Brian Toft
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Year published 1994-01-01
Number of pages 130
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.