Lecture Plan 05 Full
Lecture Plan 05 Full
Lecture Plan 05 Full
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Students will be requested to form groups of about 6 people. The groups will organise short student presentations and prepare a written assignment
Key dates:
8 Feb 2005 Groups formed and participants named
5 Apr 2005 Groups present list of one or more topics for their written assignment
19 April 2005 Groups present short abstract (half a page) on their selected topic for written assignment
13 May 2005 Written assignments handed in no later than 13:00
30 May 2005 Multiple choice exam
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Date
1-Feb
2005
Contents
Introduction
Overview of course, terminology, some key issues in risk management
Readings:
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8-Feb
2005
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Nasa (1992) Asteroid and comet impact hazards - The spaceguard survey report
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AIAA (2004) Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting the Earth from Asteroids (summary). American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics (AIAA)
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15-Feb
2005
Poul
Thyregod
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Tengs et al. (1995) 500 Life-saving Interventions and Their Cost-Effectiveness, Risk Analysis, Vol. 15, No. 3: 369-390
Readings: Graham JD, Wiener JB (1995) Risk vs. risk. Tradeoffs in protecting health and the environment. Harvard University Press
22-Feb
2005
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based on 3) what is the tradeoff (try also to identify an element of system dynamics) ?
3.
based on 4) what is the point ? / are there discrepancies in the tables ? / any caveats regarding use of cost-benefit analysis ?
Technical risk analysis and assessment HAZOP exercise: paper mill with chlorine rail car unloading
Readings:
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The HAZOP (Hazard and Operability) Method. AcuTech Process Risk Management.
Read from: http://www.acusafe.com/Hazard_Analysis/HAZOP_Technique.pdf
2.
Hessian RT, Rubin JN. Chapter 3. Checklist reviews. (in particular read pp30-33, pp34-47 are optional)
In: Greenberg HR, Cramer JJ Risk Assessment and Risk Management for the Chemical Process Industry, Wiley pp30-47
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1-Mar
2005
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8-Mar
2005
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based on 1): intro of radar, what was the effect on ship collisions (identify an element of system dynamics) ?
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based on 1): ship collisions, what explanation does Perrow offer (as a sociologist) ?
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based on 2): the Grand Teton dam failure was this a technical failure? explain.
When redundancy backfires case example: US nuclear weapons command and control system
Readings:
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Sagan SD (1993) The limits of safety. Organizations, accidents and nuclear weapons. Princeton University Press
Chapter 6: Redundancy and reliability: The Thule 1968 bomber accident
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(Optional) Shattered Shield Russia's Myopic Missile Defense. The Washington Post. Wednesday, February 10, 1999; Page A1
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based on 2): From an organisational point of view, identify factors that led to the incident
15-Mar
2005
Risk perception
Readings:
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22-Mar
2005
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What is the difference between acceptable and tolerable risk, which is claimed to be superior, and why
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Easter
29-Mar
2005
Douglas M, Wildavsky A (1982) Risk and culture. An essay on the selection of technological and environmental dangers. University of
California Press, Berkeley
Chapter 2: Risks are selected
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3.
Schrling (2004) REACH The only planet guide to the secrets of chemicals policy in the EU. What happened and why? Greens/European Free
Alliance in the European Parliament. Brussels, April 2004
Read: European Chemicals Policy pp 49-57
4.
BW 2000605 3M's Big Cleanup. Why it decided to pull the plug on its best-selling stain repellant Business Week 3684:96-98 (June 5, 2000)
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Whelan EM (2000) Editorial: Companies That Would Rather Switch Than Fight : 3M's Retreat from Scotchgard . American Council on Science
and Health
5-Apr
2005
Guest
lecturer
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2.
based on 2) Explain the resilience-anticipation dimension, identify key arguments for resilience
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Risk management
Readings:
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Describe the "liability - blame" dimension of risk management, identify pros and cons of both views
2.
Describe the "quantitative - qualitative" dimension of risk management, identify pros and cons of both views
3.
Describe the "cost of risk reduction" dimension of risk management, identify pros and cons of both views
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12-Apr
2005
Wilde GJS (1994) Target risk. PDE Publications. Chapter 4: The theory of risk homeostasis.
Read from http://pavlov.psyc.queensu.ca/target/
2.
Assum et al. (1999) Risk compensation: the case of road lighting. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 31(5):545-553
3.
Klen (1997) Personal protectors and working behaviour of loggers. Safety Science 25(1-3):89-103
4.
Farmer et a. (1997) Fatal crashes of passenger vehicles before and after adding antilock braking systems. Accident Analysis and Prevention 29
(6):745-757
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Study backs systems to aid auto stability. New York Times. Published: October 28, 2004
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19-Apr
2005
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based on 2) Did road lighting increase road safety? Identify pro and con.
3.
based on 3) Did personal protective equipment (PPE) improve occupational safety? Identify pro and con.
4.
Feature in New York Times 2003: When workers die (awarded The Pulitzer Prize for journalism)
When workers die (1). A trench caves in; a young worker is dead. Is it a crime? New York Times. Published: December 21, 2003
2.
Feature in New York Times 2003: When workers die (awarded The Pulitzer Prize for journalism)
When workers die (3). California leads in making employer pay for job deaths. New York Times. Published: December 23, 2003
3.
Feature in New York Times 2004: Death on the tracks (awarded The Pulitzer Prize for journalism)
Amtrak pays millions for others' fatal errors. New York Times. Published: October 15, 2004
Student presentations
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based on 3) Relate case story to the "accountability" dimension in risk management and to organisational behaviour
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26-Apr
2005
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3-May
2005
10-May
2005
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