308217 (v.1) Risk and Safety Management 660

Area:

Graduate School of Business

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Provision of an overview of risk and the processes for its management, with particular emphasis on safety management. Examination of the 'duty of care' responsibilities in organisations in relation to uncertainty, probability, chance, hazard, risk, danger, crisis and safety, and guidance on the use of this terminology. Identification of processes for the identification of hazards, estimation and treatment of risk, and consideration of their limitations. Consideration of safety management systems, theory of accident causation and organisational accidents, and the contribution of human factors to accident causation.

Unit Outcomes:

On completion of this unit students will have an understanding of the management of risk, specifically in relation to accidents in organisations, an understanding of the importance of safety to successful operations and emerging issues and current practice in relation to its management and the opportunity to consider the model of aviation safety and its application to other areas of industry.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Bahr, N.J. (1997) "System Safety Engineering and Risk: A Practical Approach" New York, Taylor and Francis. Knight, K. (2002) "Developing a Risk Management Standard: The Australian Experience" Safety Science Vol. 40, pp 69-74 McIntyre, G.R. (2000) "Patterns in Safety Thinking" Aldershot. Ashgate. Pious, S. (1993) "The Psychology of Judgement and Decision Making" New York, McGraw-Hill. Reason, J. (1997) "Managing the Risks of Organisational Accidents" Aldershot, Ashgate.

Unit Texts:

A book of Readings will be compiled and made available to students in support of supplementary reading for lectures and review for assignments

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Written assignment 25%; Written assignment 35%; Case-study exam 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Perth City Campus	Trimester 1	Y	Y
2004	Perth City Campus	Trimester 3	Y