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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807198203321

Autore

Heimann C. F. Larry (Clarence Fredrick)

Titolo

Acceptable risks : politics, policy, and risky technologies / / C.F. Larry Heimann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c1997

ISBN

1-282-69566-5

9786612695667

0-472-02326-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Disciplina

353.9/9

Soggetti

Technology - Risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Understanding Agency Failure -- Chapter 2. Reliable Decision Making and the Influence of Political Incentives -- Chapter 3. Shifting Political Incentives at NASA and the FDA -- Chapter 4. Organizational Structure and the Design of Reliable Systems -- Chapter 5. Subordinate Expertise and Reliable Organizations -- Chapter 6. Systems versus Components: Seeking Greater Reliability at NASA and the FDA -- Chapter 7. Acceptable Risks -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The control of the use of beneficial but potentially dangerous technologies by the FDA and NASA.