Event Risk Management and Safety
Chapter One
Risk Management:
An Applied and Theoretical
Sociological Perspective
Ask not that all troubles/risks cease, for when they
do life ends.
-Folk saying
IN THIS CHAPTER, WE WILL EXPLORE:
* What events are and what they are not
* Theories of how we use events to facilitate leisure time
* Basic sociological theories used in event risk management
* Postmodernism and event risk management
* The life cycle of a crisis
The Olympic Games are one of the largest "meetings" in the world.
People from all over the world gather together to compete for gold
medals. Hypothetically, this meeting fosters goodwill and mutual
respect. Yet, the history of the Olympic Games shows that ever
since Adolf Hitler tried to turn the games into a political statement,
the Olympic Games have been a challenge for risk managers.
The pinnacle of that risk was the 1972 Munich games when
Palestinian terrorists murdered members of the Israeli team. The
Atlanta Olympic Games of 2000 were, unfortunately, part of the
rule that connected risk to security and serve as an example of
how even events dedicated to peace can ... read full excerpt from Event Risk Management and Safety ebook
