Course: Risk Control and Environmental Safety Securing

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Course title Risk Control and Environmental Safety Securing
Course code LUKR/LDSOR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zeman Tomáš, doc. Mgr. Ph.D. et Ph.D.
  • Adamec Vladimír, prof. Ing. CSc.
  • Kodet Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Vargová Slavomíra, Ing. PhD.
Course content
Main topics of the subject: - Principles of risk acceptability assessment; - Generation of countermeasures to prevent and reduce risks; - Selection of the optimal alternative from suggested options with using multi-criteria decision analysis; - Ensuring feasibility of the selected measure; - Sustainable development of society; - Methods and procedures for monitoring individual sectoral risks; - Economic optimum of the environmental safety and target function of the society; - Principles and tools used for ensuring industrial and regional safety; - Principles of the communication under the risk and the process of risk perception; - Seminar paper - defence of seminar papers elaborated by the groups of students and passing a credit tes

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Teamwork, Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
  • Participation in classes - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 20 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
The classes in particular follow the subjects "Processes of risk assessment and treatment" taught in Bachelor study programme and "Risk assessment methods" or a related subjects in which the students became acquainted with the terminology and classification aspects of risk, the time sequence of stages of risk management general procedure and their content, including qualitative, semi quantitative and quantitative risk assessment methods of selected sectoral risks. The subjects of general rudiments require mainly the knowledge of university algebra and operations research.
The classes in particular follow the subjects "Processes of risk assessment and treatment" taught in Bachelor study programme and "Risk assessment methods" or a related subjects in which the students became acquainted with the terminology and classification aspects of risk, the time sequence of stages of risk management general procedure and their content, including qualitative, semi quantitative and quantitative risk assessment methods of selected sectoral risks. The subjects of general rudiments require mainly the knowledge of university algebra and operations research.
learning outcomes
clarify the ALARP principle and its use in risk acceptability evaluation
clarify the ALARP principle and its use in risk acceptability evaluation
define the sustainable development of society
define the sustainable development of society
describe possible approaches to risk treatment
describe possible approaches to risk treatment
explain the regularities of risk perception
explain the regularities of risk perception
describe risk communication principles
describe risk communication principles
Skills
perform a cost benefit analysis of possible variants of risk reduction measures
perform a cost benefit analysis of possible variants of risk reduction measures
choose the optimal variant of risk reduction measures based on multi-criteria decision-making methods
choose the optimal variant of risk reduction measures based on multi-criteria decision-making methods
choose an appropriate method for determining the weights of the criteria and a method for choosing the optimal variant of risk reduction measures within the framework of multi-criteria decision-making
choose an appropriate method for determining the weights of the criteria and a method for choosing the optimal variant of risk reduction measures within the framework of multi-criteria decision-making
propose appropriate risk reduction measures based on a prior risk assessment
propose appropriate risk reduction measures based on a prior risk assessment
propose a risk communication strategy in specific conditions
propose a risk communication strategy in specific conditions
teaching methods
Knowledge
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
Teamwork
Teamwork
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Analysis of the student's performance
Composite examination (Written part + oral part)
Didactic test
Didactic test
Composite examination (Written part + oral part)
Analysis of the student's performance
Systematic observation of the student
Systematic observation of the student
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • ATHERTON, E. Supporting ALARP Decision Making by Cost Benefit Analysis and Multi-attribute Utility Theory. 2005.
  • BATE, R. What Risk?. 1997. ISBN 0-7506-3810-9.
  • BERNATÍK, A. Prevence závažných havárií II.. Ostrava, 2006. ISBN 80-86634-90-6.
  • BOŽEK, F. a URBAN, R. Management rizika. Brno, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7231-259-7.
  • BRODER, J. F. and TUCKER, E. Risk Analysis and the Security Survey. 2012. ISBN 978-0-12-382233-8.
  • ČASTORÁL, Zdeněk. Management rizik v současných podmínkách. Praha, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7452-132-4.
  • Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. Metodika zajištění ochrany kritické infrastruktury v oblasti výroby, přenosu a distribuce elektrické energie. Praha, 2012.
  • Smejkal, Vladimír a Rais, Karel. Řízení rizik ve firmách a jiných organizacích. 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4644-9.
  • SMITH, K. Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster. 2013. ISBN 078-0-415-68105-9.
  • ŠENOVSKÝ, Pavel. Bezpečnost občanů a rizika v území. Ostrava, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7385-172-9.
  • TICHÝ, M. Ovládání rizika: Analýza a management. Praha, 2006. ISBN 978-80-7179-415-5.


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