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Acceptable risks : politics, policy, and risky technologies / C.F. Larry Heimann.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Heimann, C. F. Larry (Clarence Fredrick)
Contributor:
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Technology--Risk assessment.
Technology.
United States. Food and Drug Administration.
United States.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (203 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1997.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The control of the use of beneficial but potentially dangerous technologies by the FDA and NASA.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Understanding Agency Failure
Chapter 2. Reliable Decision Making and the Influence of Political Incentives
Chapter 3. Shifting Political Incentives at NASA and the FDA
Chapter 4. Organizational Structure and the Design of Reliable Systems
Chapter 5. Subordinate Expertise and Reliable Organizations
Chapter 6. Systems versus Components: Seeking Greater Reliability at NASA and the FDA
Chapter 7. Acceptable Risks
References
Index.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-183) and index.
ISBN:
1-282-69566-5
9786612695667
0-472-02326-8
OCLC:
613192833

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