Acceptable risks : politics, policy, and risky technologies / / C.F. Larry Heimann
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| Autore: |
Heimann C. F. Larry (Clarence Fredrick)
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| Titolo: |
Acceptable risks : politics, policy, and risky technologies / / C.F. Larry Heimann
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| Pubblicazione: | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c1997 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 353.9/9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Technology - Risk assessment |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Acceptable risks |
| ISBN: | 1-282-69566-5 |
| 9786612695667 | |
| 0-472-02326-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807198203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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