Absolute risk reduction

Strategic decision-making requires various thought processes, an informed principal, and a whole host of other requisites. Not surprisingly, a myriad of complementary methodologies addressing these concerns have developed over the years. Many of which are widely available for use as part of a comprehensive strategic planning process. Typical venues include formal education, seminars, and textbooks. The only problem is they target their wares toward organizations or institutional environments.…

would emerge as the dominant concept requiring ground forces’ presence to restore order and to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation. Moreover, entry delays due to lack of ground forces would be expected.” Further ground forces’ reductions introduce unacceptable risk.…

Prevention of HF requires astounding amount of knowledge and awareness to all age group. Acknowledging the causes of and the risk factors for HF is the first step in the right direction in HF prevention. Exposing all age groups to this knowledge and awareness using the GDMT guidelines, will encourage individuals to make adjustments to their lifestyle and modifications to possible risk factors that will result in the prevention of HF. Such lifestyle adjustments and modifications are, making…

Making any kind of decision is nerve racking. Even the most mundane of choices like what color rug would best suit the décor can get one into a bind. People often avoid making decisions because they making a choice can be quiet overwhelming. In my opinion, the biggest obstacle to making a good decision is doubt. We tend to question if the choices we make are the right choices. Often times our lack of confidence, too many choices and indecisiveness is you factors to making poor decisions.…

Emergency management Over the years disasters of all kinds have surfaced when least expected, a situation that has made it imperative for the introduction of emergency management. Emergency management is basically the management of various situations to cope with disasters. The main aim of emergency management is to have a safer environment where the society is less vulnerable to disasters. Disasters like the September 11 bombing in the US, earthquakes, tsunamis and the continued rise of…

Several terminologies have been used worldwide to describe wildfire or forest fire (e.g. Hardy, 2005; Bento-Gonçalves et al., 2012; Eriksen and Prior, 2013; Mhawej et al., 2015). Generally in the United States, these definitions included prescribed fire - which is a controlled burn ignited by human under a controlled environment and on a limited spatial scale. However, in this chapter, we only focus on uncontrolled fire that occurs in the countryside or wildland. Studies such as Kumagai et al.…

concept is important for all adults to know about because of the extreme complications that accompany this disease. It is hard on the patients, family, and caregivers. This disease is interesting because it has many risk factors, not just genetically passed down through generations. The risk factors are based mostly around lifestyle choices, making it seem that there are ways that one can prevent the symptoms of Alzheimer’s. 2. Respite Care (p.125): This concept is crucial for the family and…

2.2 Behavioral sciences In several occasions during the first part of this essay it the importance to appeal to the emotional thinking of the decision maker was mentioned. This sounds like a fundament that lacks technical rigor if not corny. To better develop this point, I permit myself to quote the work of Benton (2009): [An] emerging field, moral cognitive neuro-science, provides us with additional insight into the human decision making process. The roles of deliberation, affect and emotion…

the major problems in emergency management (Beckena & Hughey, 2013). It concludes that increasing the volume of research is a better tool of management than using past trends because research considers all factors. Form this paper; the deduction that risk management is dependent on past trends is disputed. Instead, an approach that considers both the past and the present as a means of predicting the future is preferred. However, the report also concedes that it is not possible to predict the…

Facts The largest municipal bankruptcy, in the history of the United States, was Orange County California, and at the center of this unforeseen catastrophe Robert Citron. Irrefutably, the financial complications that lead to the bankruptcy were the direct result of the mismanagement of public funds by county treasurer, Robert Citron. Furthermore, due to Citron risky investments with the county’s monies, he left the county in a one-and—half billion dollars’ worth of debt. According to the text,…