Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector

by Lynn T. Drennan, Allan McConnell, Alastair Stark

Book Overview

Every decision that is made by managers and policy-makers in a public sector organization requires an evaluation and a judgement of the risks involved. This vital requirement has been recognised in the growth of risk management. However, risks can never be fully prevented, which means that public managers also have to be crisis managers.

Today's crises develop in unseen ways; they escalate rapidly and transform through the interdependencies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415739683
• ISBN13: 9780415739689
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"