308217 (v.1) Risk and Safety Management 660


Area:

Graduate School of Business

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

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.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

80301 Business Management

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Perth City Campus Semester 1 Y    
2004 Perth City Campus Short Period 10 Y    
2004 Perth City Campus Trimester 1 Y Y  
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area