Olympic risks / Will Jennings.
Material type: TextSeries: Executive politics and governancePublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.Description: xiv, 263 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780230300064
- 0230300065
- 796.48068 JEN
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An exploration of how the Olympics are organised in response to risk. This book looks at the tension between the riskiness of mega-events, attributable to their scale and complexities, and the societal, political and organisational pressures that exist for safety, security and management of risk - leading to changes in how the Games are governed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: RISK AND MEGA-EVENTS -- Risk and Governing Mega-Events -- The Olympics as a Mega-Event -- PART II: THE OLYMPICS, RISK AND UNCERTAINTY -- Olympic Risks -- Decision-Making Under Uncertainty -- Counting the Costs and Benefits of the Games -- PART III: GOVERNING THE GAMES -- Managing Olympic Risks -- Public Opinion and Reputational Risk -- The Risks of Risk Management -- Conclusions.
An exploration of how the Olympics are organized in response to risk. This book looks at the tension between the riskiness of mega-events, attributable to their scale and complexities, and the societal, political and organizational pressures that exist for safety, security and management of risk - leading to changes in how the Games are governed-- Provided by publisher.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of Tables (p. x)
- List of Figures (p. xi)
- Acknowledgements (p. xii)
- Introduction: Governing the Games in an Age of Uncertainty (p. 1)
- Part I Risk and Mega-Events
- 1 Risk, Governance and Mega-Events (p. 11)
- 2 Costs, Complexity and Size of the Games (p. 29)
- Part II The Olympics, Risk and Uncertainty
- 3 Risk and the Games (p. 41)
- 4 Decision-Making under Uncertainty (p. 64)
- 5 Counting the Costs and the Benefits of the Games (p. 94)
- Part III Governing the Games
- 6 Managing Olympic Risks (p. 117)
- 7 Public Opinion and Reputational Risk (p. 203)
- 8 The Risks of Risk Management (p. 223)
- Notes (p. 240)
- Bibliography (p. 242)
- Index (p. 261)