risk management is one of the most important phases of project management and isthe most recently used by many researchers. in this paper, a fuzzy based method wasproposed which identifies different kinds of risks through the project life cycle.then, the project risk magnitude can be obtained in regards to five factors, namely“severity”, “occurrence”, and “not detection” which form fuzzy fmea a...

A bank as a business units needs to have liquid assets which can be easily converted into cash at short notice. Thus the concept of liquidity risk management is important for any commercial banks. The impact of liquidity position in management of banks have remained significant, though very elusive in the process of investment analysis vis-à-vis bank portfolio management. In addition, liquidity...

Risk assessment provides the possibility of planning and management to prevent and reduce the risk of desertification. The present study is aimed to assess the hazard and risk of desertification and to develop management programs in the semi-arid western regions of Golestan Province in Iran. Desertification rate was obtained using the Iranian model of desertification potential assessment. Since...

managers in developed countries are increasingly interested in outsourcing as a potential source of competitiveness and value creation. one of the most useful outsourcing activities in service sector is information system/technology outsourcing. this paper is trying to determine the isp managers’ perceived risks and benefits of it/is outsourcing and also the rate of awareness about potential of...

background occupational insecticidal poisoning (oip) is a global phenomenon, which is even more prevalent among indoor residual spray-workers and this can pose a serious threat to their health. objectives this study aimed to assess spray-workers' management of insecticide risk indicators and occupational insecticidal poisoning. materials and methods an analytical cross-sectional survey was...

In the context of the scope, time, cost, and quality constraints, failure is not uncommon in project management. While small projects have 70% chances of success, large projects virtually have no chance of meeting the quadruple constraints. While there is no dearth of research on project risk management, the manifestation of barriers to project risk management is a less dwelt topic. The success...

with increasing frequency, the developing countries and the people living there are being affected by disasters. more and more often, development efforts are being destroyed. the reason for this trend is their growing vulnerability, which in turn is the result of economic and social development processes, such as the expansion of settlements and agricultural land in risk areas. the economic and...

this paper discusses some of the fundamental considerations when managing mining slopes. the goal of management is to reduce all components that contribute to the geotechnical risk and by doing so reduce the risk to as low as reasonably achievable. the techniques and procedures suggested are not exhaustive; they represent a snapshot of some of the practical techniques the author has found usefu...

Session 1 – Disaster Risk Management as Global Development Agenda This introductory presentation explains why disaster risk reduction is considered a development challenge. It reviews the trends in disaster occurrence, its impact, frequency and regional distribution. It also highlights the interrelation between disaster risk reduction and poverty alleviation and Millennium Development Goals. Th...