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Mitigate the Risks linked to Employee Failure with Improved Recruitment and Selection

Mitigate the Risks linked to Employee Failure with Improved Recruitment and Selection Riskope thanks Lindsay Edwards for this contribution Many companies aroud the world consider the hazards linked to employee recruitment and retention as very significant. Here are some tips that will help you mitigate the risk linked to employee failure. Understand the need This involves optimizing job specifications and also being sure that you have a proper understanding of your business needs before you commence the recruitment process. The…

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North China early-warning system for quakes

North China early-warning system for quakes North China has seen violent seismic activity, including an 8.2-magnitude earthquake in 1976, killing more than 242,000 people in Hebei, Beijing and Tianjin. That event was one of the deadliest calamities in human history. China started to pay attention to early earthquake warnings after the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake, which killed nearly 70,000 people. Many countries, including Japan, Mexico and Turkey are equipped with early warning systems. A real-time system can give warnings within seconds…

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Project Risk Management

Project Risk Management The best ROI from Risk Management comes if it is conceived as a continuous support of a project from cradle to grave. It does not matter if the project is an acquisition, a strategic shift the board of directors envisions, a process change or some capital expenditure for an existing operation/infrastructure. The support includes of course scheduling and budgeting risk assessment. If the support starts at pre-feasibility level, the return on investment is the highest. However, we…

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Emergenza frane in Italia

Emergenza frane in Italia Il caso Recenti interviste rilasciate da Franco Gabrielli, capo della protezione civile dal 2010, riportano come in Italia siano stati censiti 480’000 sistemi franosi ma, in considerazione del fatto che non tutti i sistemi sono stati registrati, il dato di riferimento passerebbe a circa due milioni. Un centinaio di questi sarebbe della dimensione della frana della Saxe, vicino a Courmayeur in Valle d’Aosta, che ha destato molto richiamo e molto interesse da parte dei media e…

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Optimum Risk Estimates, ORE and Aerospace Applications

Optimum Risk Estimates, ORE and Aerospace Applications Smaller satellites are becoming frequent in the so called era of the “nano satellites”. Canada, for example, using an Indian launcher placed simultaneously into orbit, a little more than one year ago, four satellites. Indeed, the drive to miniaturize has been a recurring theme in the space industry for size and weight translate directly into the cost of getting a satellite off the ground (setting into orbit one tonne of equipment costs approximately…

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