Survey of risk management in major U.K. companies

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 94-102

  Baker, Scott ^a   Ponniah, David ^a   Smith, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION THEORY; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INDUSTRY; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

RISK ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033165127     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(1999)125:3(94)     Document Type: Article

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