Risk Management Practices at Higher Educational Sport and Recreation Centers

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Mulrooney ◽  
Alvy Styles ◽  
Eric Green
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Training ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Risk Management Process ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
Risk Management Program ◽  
Sport Facilities

Risk management is an issue that has been previously addressed in recreation and athletic professions. The litigious nature of today's society requires that risk management procedures and policies be in place in recreation and athletic facilities. An institution that has implemented risk management procedures will better protect itself from costly litigation. This article is a follow-up to a 1997 article by Mulrooney & Green that discussed the overall risk management process and presented a risk management paradigm for recreational sport facilities. The purpose of this study was to examine college recreation facilities to elucidate if risk management procedures were in place in light of Spiegler v. State of Arizona (1996). This case resulted in a $5,000,000 verdict for the plaintiff, a result that might have been avoided with a properly developed and implemented risk management program. The study also examined the importance administrative personnel placed on having a risk management policy, and to what degree risk procedures and risk management training were implemented. A questionnaire designed and validated for utilization in a previous study was sent to 178 Division 1 universities throughout the United States. One hundred and twenty-three respondents completed and returned the survey. Based upon the results of the study, it is evident that the importance of risk management and its impact on liability reduction has not reached the administration of campus recreation and sport programs.

scholarly journals ELEMENTS OF AN URBAN TREE RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Duntemann
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Urban Forest ◽  
Urban Forestry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Tree Population ◽  
Risk Management Program ◽  
National Boundaries

The development of effective hazard trees assessment practices has been an important focus of urban forestry for many years. When a publicly owned tree fails and causes property damage, personal injury or death in the United States, a potential consequence for a government agency is litigation. Although managing a large public tree resource can seem daunting, simple assessment parameters can be used to identify high-risk features within the tree population. Through analysis of the interaction between high-risk elements in the tree population and definition of a long-term, managed approach to tree risk reduction, strong policies and practices can be initiated. This program emphasizes two concepts. First, implementation of a well thought out risk reduction strategy improves the overall health of the urban forest, which results in a safer urban environment. This goal is universal, regardless of national boundaries. Second, documentation and implementation of tree risk management policies forms the foundation for a government agency’s defense, if litigation ever occurred.

scholarly journals A Case Study of a Best Value Manufacturer

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Dean Kashiwagi ◽  
Jake Smithwick ◽  
Jacob Kashiwagi ◽  
Kenneth Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Chain Structure ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Performance Information ◽  
Best Value ◽  
Risk Management Process ◽  
Risk Management Program ◽  
Low Performance

This is a case study of a construction product manufacturer’s effort to become a profitable manufacturer of roofing systems while providing a best value product to the client (best performance at the lowest cost.) The manufacturer was attempting to become successful with product performance in an industry where low performance of competing products brought a perceived high risk of nonperformance from clients. The manufacturer’s efforts included documentation of performance of their installed product, creating a risk management process, testing the risk management process and creating a supply chain structure which minimized the risk of both the manufacturer and the client. The key component of a best value manufacturer is the identification of the true buyer of their materials is the owner of the facility which buys their product and not the contractors. This paper documents the transformation from not having performance information to having documented performance on their product, developing a risk management program, and exercising their risk management program. This includes the formulation of a performance based contractor program and the application of the Performance Information Risk Management System (PIRMS.)

scholarly journals Is This Flight Necessary? The Aviation Use Summary (AUS): A Framework for Strategic, Risk-Informed Aviation Decision Support

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1078
Author(s):  
Crystal S. Stonesifer ◽  
David E. Calkin ◽  
Matthew P. Thompson ◽  
Erin J. Belval
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
The United States ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Strategic Risk ◽  
Risk Management Process ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Wildfire Suppression ◽  
Strategic Risk Management

Across the globe, aircraft that apply water and suppressants during active wildfires play key roles in wildfire suppression, and these suppression resources can be highly effective. In the United States, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service (USFS) aircraft account for a substantial portion of firefighting expense and higher fatality rates compared to ground resources. Existing risk management practices that are fundamental to aviation safety (e.g., routinely asking, “Is this flight necessary?”) may not be appropriately scaled from a risk management perspective to ensure that the tactical use of aircraft is in clear alignment with a wildfire’s incident strategy and with broader agency and interagency fire management goals and objectives. To improve strategic risk management of aviation assets in wildfire suppression, we present a framework demonstrating a risk-informed strategic aviation decision support system, the Aviation Use Summary (AUS). This tool utilizes aircraft event tracking data, existing geospatial datasets, and emerging analytics to summarize incident-scale aircraft use and guide decision makers through a strategic risk management process. This information has the potential to enrich the decision space of the decision maker and supports programmatic transparency, enhanced learning, and a broader level of accountability.

Directors of Public and Private State-of-the-Art Multimillion Dollar Recreational Facilities Lead the Way in Risk Management Practices

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvy E. Styles ◽  
Aaron L. Mulrooney
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Recreational Facilities ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
College And University ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Recreation Directors ◽  
Risk Management Program

The study's purpose was to identify and examine two main areas: the risk management practices and documents being used by recreation directors of state-of-the-art multimillion dollar recreational facilities and the number of lawsuits, settlements, and accidents. Due to the large amount of financial and legal risk exposure at these facilities, it is assumed that the facility directors would implement and rate as either important or very important the five elements of a bona fide risk management program: Surveys were distributed to recreational directors in senior colleges and universities throughout the US. The sample frame was listing in the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association Facilities of Distinction, Volumes, I, II, and III, and college and university facilities listed in “State of the Art Facilities” in Athletic Business ( N = 65). These institutions typically offer a wide range of recreational programs and have large recreational facilities that are either purpose-built or shared. A total of 35 recreational directors responded, a 54% return rate. The findings suggest that: (a) the importance of risk management practices has reached the university administration, (b) recreational directors are implementing risk management plans, (c) recreational directors are creating their own risk management manuals, and (d) the ACSM and the NIRSA documents are the two publications most commonly used by recreational directors to assist them in creating their risk management manuals.

Skin in the game: comparing the private and public regulation of isotretinoin

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 649-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAYMOND J. MARCH
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Public Regulation ◽  
Risk Management Program ◽  
Public Risk ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Comparative Institutional Analysis ◽  
Harmful Effects

AbstractThis paper engages in a comparative-institutional analysis of the private and public risk-management programs of the drug isotretinoin, which are designed to prevent the undesired effects isotretinoin has on fetal development. This case study sheds light on the comparative effectiveness of private and public regulation in the pharmaceutical and healthcare markets. A range of evidence indicates that the private risk management program successful in reducing pregnancies and educating patients about the harmful effects isotretinoin can have on a fetus. These findings challenge a consensus found in the medical literature that the private program needed to be supplanted and contain implications for future risk-management policy in healthcare.

scholarly journals Benefits of Compliance and Risk Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-147
Author(s):  
Lilian Reis da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ◽  
Technology Governance ◽  
Risk Management Program ◽  
Financial Soundness ◽  
Risk Protection

Compliance is a program that aims to protect organizations from the occurrence of financial fraud, corruption, behavior and/or misconduct of employees linked to them, preventing their good reputation and financial soundness from being shaken. It is a tool whose purpose is to establish rules, standards and guidelines for internal processes within organizations. It was developed in the United States in 1970, and its practices were transformed into a legal institute, through the enactment of the Pioneer Law against Corruption FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act), motivated by the Watergate Case, which involved then-President Richard Nixon and members of his administration, by paying bribes in surveys in favor of his re-election. In this context, this article has as its main question: how do the benefits offered by the Compliance and Risk Management program collaborate to reduce the risks of fraud, illicit and corruption within organizations? The aim of this study was to present the benefits provided by the adoption of the Compliance and Risk Management program in public and private companies, in their internal processes and relationships with their segment of activity, and how they collaborate for fraud mitigation. The methodology was adopted as a bibliographic research, and it was about the benefits caused by fraud prevention programs. It was found that Compliance and risk management programs bring effective risk protection benefits, mitigating fraud and corruption, combined with new Information Technology Governance (IT) solutions, such as Enterprise Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (EGRC).

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