MyRisks.ch - Computer-based Support for Personal Risk Management
Description: Comprehensive computer-based personal risk management. PhD Thesis of Dr. Patrick Steiger
Security is a basic need of human beings. However, people in our society often do not attempt to achieve total security but are content with appropriate protection from major risks. The development of modern society has increasingly made this task the responsibility of the individual who can no longer rely on the social net formerly provided by big families. On the one hand, the development of technology, which has introduced new and hardly assessable risks, undermines people's sense of personal safety, on
It is the objective of this book to show how individuals may identify, assess, and manage their risks in a systematic manner by means of a computer-based tool.
To that intent, in the first part, the various aspects and definitions of the term "risk" will be discussed and then summarised in a comprehensive view of risk. Thus, the differing attitudes of individuals are taken into account. For instance, one person may consider risk to mean possible damage, another may think of a potential series of unfortunate circumstances with adverse effects, and yet another might associate the term with something that jeopardises the realisation of personal goals.
MyRisks.ch - Computer-based Support for Personal Risk Management