Risk Assessment-Risk Management: The Need for a Synthesis

Risk management may imply that a risk event can be altered. In this paper we look at the problems associated with this idea. After examination of the problems with the now separate functions of risk analysis and management, we propose the Tripartite Decision Method (TDM) that reduces error in a risk assessment decision.

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