Risk management in outdoor and adventure programs: scenarios of accidents, incidents, and misadventures
Attarian, Aram
Based on real-life experiences, Risk Management in Outdoor and Adventure Programs: Scenarios of Accidents, Incidents, and Misadventures offers both students and professionals practice in applying risk management strategies to situations encountered in outdoor and adventure programs.This text is an invaluable training resource written to meet the needs of university students training to be professional outdoor leaders. This compilationof genuine accidents, incidents and misadventures is intended to highlight the potential pitfalls for those involved in the management of outdoor adventure. A number of management models and concepts are presented in the opening chapters as "tools" to be used to assist in addressing the various questions posedat the end of each of a series of scenarios. Each of these has the potential to instigate discussion and in some cases action. Lecturers, teachers and other professionals are encouraged to adapt the scenarios and add their own questions to make them more relevant.
- ISBN: 978-1-4504-0471-6
- Editorial: Human Kinetics Publishers
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 144
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés