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UNINA9910154649103321 |
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Fuller Colin |
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Titolo |
Health and safety management : principles and best practice / / Colin W. Fuller, Luise H. Vassie |
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Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education Limited, , [2004] |
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©2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-5129-4081-X |
1-281-77094-9 |
9786611770945 |
1-4082-1258-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxi, 426 páginas) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hospitals - Risk management |
Risk assessment |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For Management and Economic courses with Risk and Strategic Management modules. This book places the theory and practice of occupational health and safety firmly within a strategic business context by making health & safety an equal partner to other strategic business risks. The authors' innovative approach offers a uniquely coherent text in which the essential principles of business risk management are applied to the management of health & safety in order to develop best practice approaches. The authors examine the subject within a global context so are not constrained by local legislation. The first part introduces principles and concepts of risk and the management of risk relevant to a range of organisations and their stakeholders. Crucially and uniquely, it addresses the importance of economic and cost-benefit considerations in risk decision-making. Part Two focuses on best practice techniques in health & safety management drawing on international research. It analyses contributions of training, effective performance measurement, techniques of auditing and benchmarking and the development and |
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