What is safety in real world

What is safety in real world
040-0700/01
angličtina

Summary

The basic concept of this subject is safety science. It is an entry-level subject of complexity (and resilience) in the field of safety science and related risk rationalization, bringing information on the common basics of risk management. Students will be acquainted with the theoretical basics of safety/security, hazards, risks, and their management, and with risk prevention, practical rules, procedures, and tools. Overall, the subject matter is designed to respect the state-of-the-art in safety, in addition to the applicable standards and approaches used at UN, OECD, and EU levels.
The main objective is to present an integrated perspective, up-to-date knowledge, and practical guidance on how to understand, assess, and manage both predictable and unpredictable potential risk situations in practical conditions in society or industry. It also shows how it is necessary, in a rapidly changing environment, to develop strategies and tactics for effective decision-making and management that enable safety/security to be preserved as a quality of life, protection of property and values, functionality of technology and infrastructure systems and society at various levels, from business to government.

Literature

ISO 31000 RISK MANAGEMENT, 2018.
BAHR, Nicholas J. System safety engineering and risk assessment: a practical approach. Second edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2015]. .
Guidelines for integrating process safety management, environment, safety, health, and quality. New York: Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, c1996. CCPS guidelines series. ISBN 0-8169-0683-1.
ASSEMBLY, UN General. Report of the open-ended intergovernmental expert working group on indicators and terminology relating to disaster risk reduction. United Nations General Assembly: New York, NY, USA, 2016, 41.

Advised literature

PERROW, Charles. Normal accidents: Living with high risk technologies-Updated edition. Princeton university press, 2011.
TALEB, Nassim Nicholas. The black swan: The impact of the highly improbable. (2nd ed.), London: Penguin,, 2010. V češtině: Černá labuť, ISBN: 9788074321283, nakl. Paseka, 2011
ROESER, Sabine, et al. (ed.). Essentials of risk theory. Springer Science & Business Media, 2012.
RENN, Ortwin. Risk governance: coping with uncertainty in a complex world. London: Earthscan, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84407-292-7.
Aven, T., 2012. Foundations of Risk Analysis: Second Edition. Wiley.
MCKINNON, Ron C. Safety management: near miss identification, recognition, and investigation. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2012. ISBN 978-1-4398-7946-7.
BAHR, Nicholas J. System safety engineering and risk assessment: a practical approach. Second edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2015]. .
HAIMES, Yacov Y. Risk modeling, assessment, and management. Fourth edition. Hoboken: Wiley, [2016]. Wiley series in systems engineering and management. .
SMITH, Preston G.; MERRITT, Guy M. Proactive risk management: Controlling uncertainty in product development. Productivity Press, 2002.
BAUBION, Charles. OECD Risk Management. 2013.
US DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Risk Management Fundamentals: Homeland Security Risk Management Doctrine. 2011.
HOPKIN, Paul. Fundamentals of risk management: understanding, evaluating and implementing effective risk management. Kogan Page Publishers, 2018.
MEYER, Thierry; RENIERS, Genserik. Engineering risk management. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2016.
POLJANSEK, Karmen, et al. Science for disaster risk management 2017: knowing better and losing less. ETH Zurich, 2017.

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Language of instruction	angličtina
Code	040-0700
Abbreviation	IS
Course title	What is safety in real world
Coordinating department	Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator	prof. RNDr. Pavel Danihelka, CSc.