The human dimension of risk is an important and under-explored aspect of risk management issues. How we perceive risk, and understanding patterns of behaviour and seeing how these relate to the processes of decision-making and policy development needs greater exploration. The business school’s Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies 2nd Annual Meeting – ‘The Human Dimension of Risk: Perception, Behaviour and Decision-Making in Risk Management’ – took on that gigantic challenge.
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The bigger picture
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The human dimension of risk (part 2) (Centre for RIsk Studies Annual Meeting)
Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies 2nd Annual Meeting The human dimension of risk is an important and under-explored aspect of risk management issues. How we perceive risk, and unde…
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The human dimension of risk (part 1) (Centre for RIsk Studies Annual Meeting)
Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies 2nd Annual Meeting The human dimension of risk is an important and under-explored aspect of risk management issues. How we perceive risk, and unde…