Recent events like the BSE and GM food crises, and the Concorde crash in July 2000, have illustrated that large private and public sector organisations are vulnerable and can suffer from major disruption to their business. Awareness of the need to develop expertise in risk management has grown and as a result new programs of research and teaching in risk and crisis management are being developed at universities. The contributions to this volume have been selected by adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to risk, and by considering the implications for management, business and society. The contributions are written by recognized experts in their fields and represent a unique collection of papers on the topic. Audience: The book will be of benefit to scientists, managers, politicians and trainers in academia, business and industry involved in risk analysis, assessment and management, regulation and deregulation of risk, crisis management and accidents and disasters.

Contents:
Part 1: Crisis Management: Theory, systems and practice 1. Denis Smith and Dominic Elliott (2001) Crisis management Perrow, C. (1994) 'The limits of safety: The enhancement of a theory of accidents', Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 2(4), pp. 212-220. 3. Shrivastava, P., Mitroff, I., Miller, D. and Miglani, M. (1988) 'Understanding industrial crises', Journal of Management Studies, 25(2), pp. 283-303. 4. Mitroff, I., Pauchant, T. and Shrivastava, P. (1988) The structure of man-made organizational crisis', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 33, pp83-107. 5. Miller, D (1988) Organisational pathology and industrial crisis, Industrial Crisis Quarterly 2 (1) pp 65-74 6. Dominic Elliott Section Commentary Part 2: Modelling the Crisis Management Process 8. Smith, D. Modelling crises Mitroff, I., Pauchant, T. and Shrivastava, P. (1988) The structure of man-made organizational crisis', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 33, pp83-107.
11. Pauchant, T. and Mitroff, I.I. (1988) `Crisis prone versus crisis avoiding organisations', Industrial Crisis Quarterly, 2, pp. 53-63. 12. Smith, D. (1990) 'Beyond contingency planning - Towards a model of crisis management'. Industrial Crisis Quarterly. 4(4). pp. 263-275. 13. Roberts, K. H. (1990) 'Some characteristics of one type of High Reliability Organization', Organization Science, 1(2), pp. 160-177. 14. Fortune, J. and Peters, G. (1994) 'Systems analysis of failures as a quality management tool', British Journal of Management, 5, pp. 205-213. 15. Turner, B.A. and Toft, B. (1988) 'Organizational learning from disasters', in Emergency Planning for Industrial Hazards, London: Elsevier Applied Science, pp. 297-313. 16. Weick, K.E. (1988) "Enacted sensemaking in crisis situations" Journal of Management Studies, 25, pp. 305-317 17. Professor Charles Perrow, Yale University Section Commentary Part 3: The Crisis of Management: Cultural and Psychological Dynamics of Risk and Crisis Management 18. Denis Smith Latent error, management and the incubation of failure within crisis management 19. Rasmussen, J. (1982) 'Human errors: A taxonomy for describing human malfunction in industrial installations', Journal of Occupational Accidents, 4, pp. 311-335. 20. Reason, J. (1990) 'The contribution of latent human failures to the breakdown of complex systems', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B, 37, pp. 475-484. 21. Weick, K.E.. (1993) "The collapse of sensemaking in organizations: The Mann Gulch Disaster", Administrative Science Quarterly, 38, pp. 628-652. 22. Radell, W.W. (1992) 'Storming and catastrophic systems failure', Industrial Crisis Quarterly, 6, pp. 295-312. 23. Thierry Pauchant Section Commentary Part 4: Crisis management in practice 24. Smart, C. and Vertinsky, I. (1977) 'Designs for crisis decision units', Administrative Science Quarterly, 22, pp. 640-657. 25. Weick, K.E. and Roberts, K. H. (1993) 'Collective minds in organizations: Heedful interrelating on flight decks', Administrative Science Quarterly, 38, pp. 357-381. 26. Elliott, D. and Smith, D. (1993) 'Football stadia disasters in the United Kingdom: Learning from tragedy', Industrial and Environmental Crisis Quarterly, 7(3) pp.205-229. 26. Professor Paul Shrivastava, Bucknell University Section Commentary

Contents:
Part 1: Crisis Management: Theory, systems and practice 1. Denis Smith and Dominic Elliott (2001) Crisis management Perrow, C. (1994) 'The limits of safety: The enhancement of a theory of accidents', Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 2(4), pp. 212-220. 3. Shrivastava, P., Mitroff, I., Miller, D. and Miglani, M. (1988) 'Understanding industrial crises', Journal of Management Studies, 25(2), pp. 283-303. 4. Mitroff, I., Pauchant, T. and Shrivastava, P. (1988) The structure of man-made organizational crisis', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 33, pp83-107. 5. Miller, D (1988) Organisational pathology and industrial crisis, Industrial Crisis Quarterly 2 (1) pp 65-74 6. Dominic Elliott Section Commentary Part 2: Modelling the Crisis Management Process 8. Smith, D. Modelling crises Mitroff, I., Pauchant, T. and Shrivastava, P. (1988) The structure of man-made organizational crisis', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 33, pp83-107.
11. Pauchant, T. and Mitroff, I.I. (1988) `Crisis prone versus crisis avoiding organisations', Industrial Crisis Quarterly, 2, pp. 53-63. 12. Smith, D. (1990) 'Beyond contingency planning - Towards a model of crisis management'. Industrial Crisis Quarterly. 4(4). pp. 263-275. 13. Roberts, K. H. (1990) 'Some characteristics of one type of High Reliability Organization', Organization Science, 1(2), pp. 160-177. 14. Fortune, J. and Peters, G. (1994) 'Systems analysis of failures as a quality management tool', British Journal of Management, 5, pp. 205-213. 15. Turner, B.A. and Toft, B. (1988) 'Organizational learning from disasters', in Emergency Planning for Industrial Hazards, London: Elsevier Applied Science, pp. 297-313. 16. Weick, K.E. (1988) "Enacted sensemaking in crisis situations" Journal of Management Studies, 25, pp. 305-317 17. Professor Charles Perrow, Yale University Section Commentary Part 3: The Crisis of Management: Cultural and Psychological Dynamics of Risk and Crisis Management 18. Denis Smith Latent error, management and the incubation of failure within crisis management 19. Rasmussen, J. (1982) 'Human errors: A taxonomy for describing human malfunction in industrial installations', Journal of Occupational Accidents, 4, pp. 311-335. 20. Reason, J. (1990) 'The contribution of latent human failures to the breakdown of complex systems', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B, 37, pp. 475-484. 21. Weick, K.E.. (1993) "The collapse of sensemaking in organizations: The Mann Gulch Disaster", Administrative Science Quarterly, 38, pp. 628-652. 22. Radell, W.W. (1992) 'Storming and catastrophic systems failure', Industrial Crisis Quarterly, 6, pp. 295-312. 23. Thierry Pauchant Section Commentary Part 4: Crisis management in practice 24. Smart, C. and Vertinsky, I. (1977) 'Designs for crisis decision units', Administrative Science Quarterly, 22, pp. 640-657. 25. Weick, K.E. and Roberts, K. H. (1993) 'Collective minds in organizations: Heedful interrelating on flight decks', Administrative Science Quarterly, 38, pp. 357-381. 26. Elliott, D. and Smith, D. (1993) 'Football stadia disasters in the United Kingdom: Learning from tragedy', Industrial and Environmental Crisis Quarterly, 7(3) pp.205-229. 26. Professor Paul Shrivastava, Bucknell University Section Commentary

This book covers recent achievements in the area of advanced analytical and associated numerical methods as applied to various problems arising in all branches of electromagnetics. The unifying theme is the application of advanced or novel mathematical techniques to produce analytical solutions or effective analytical-numerical methods for computational electromagnetics addressing more general problems. Each chapter contains an outline of its topic, discusses its scientific context and importance, describes approaches to date, gives an exposition of the author's approach to the problem tackled in the chapter, describes the results, and concludes with a discussion of the range or class of problems where the techniques described work most appropriately and effectively. Intended primarily for researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, mathematics, physics and related disciplines, the book offers systematic and thorough coverage of this complex topic. It is hoped that the book will help to stimulate further investigation and discussion of the important problems in electromagnetics within this research community.

Recent events like the BSE and GM food crises, and the Concorde crash in July 2000, have illustrated that large private and public sector organisations are vulnerable and can suffer from major disruption to their business. Awareness of the need to develop expertise in risk management has grown and as a result new programs of research and teaching in risk and crisis management are being developed at universities. The contributions to this volume have been selected by adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to risk, and by considering the implications for management, business and society. The contributions are written by recognized experts in their fields and represent a unique collection of papers on the topic. Audience: The book will be of benefit to scientists, managers, politicians and trainers in academia, business and industry involved in risk analysis, assessment and management, regulation and deregulation of risk, crisis management and accidents and disasters.

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