Risk Management in the Outdoors Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 An introduction to risk, adventure and risk management
- 2 Organisational sustainability and risk management
- 3 The legal context for outdoor activities and programs
- 4 The organisational context of risk management
- 5 The real physical risks: putting it into perspective
- 6 Program design and activity selection
- 7 Program evaluation
- 8 Risk communication
- 9 Technology, risk and outdoor programming
- 10 Severe weather
- 11 Learning from injury surveillance and incident analysis
- Appendix Examples of risk analyses
- Index
4 - The organisational context of risk management
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 An introduction to risk, adventure and risk management
- 2 Organisational sustainability and risk management
- 3 The legal context for outdoor activities and programs
- 4 The organisational context of risk management
- 5 The real physical risks: putting it into perspective
- 6 Program design and activity selection
- 7 Program evaluation
- 8 Risk communication
- 9 Technology, risk and outdoor programming
- 10 Severe weather
- 11 Learning from injury surveillance and incident analysis
- Appendix Examples of risk analyses
- Index
Summary
One of the many reasons for the bewildering and tragic character of human existence is the fact that social organisation is at once necessary and fatal. Men are forever creating such organisations for their own convenience and forever finding themselves the victims of their home-made monsters.
Aldous HuxleyFocus questions
In what ways is risk management embedded into an organisation's culture?
How do an organisation's management, structures and/or policies support the desired risk management culture?
Who is the best person to ‘champion’ risk management in an organisation or program?
How can stories, images or activities support or undermine the achievement of the desired risk management culture?
What is the role of safety audits or organisational accreditations?
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- Risk Management in the OutdoorsA Whole-of-Organisation Approach for Education, Sport and Recreation, pp. 69 - 90Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011