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Risk Management in the Outdoors
  • A Whole-of-Organisation Approach for Education, Sport and Recreation
  • Edited by Tracey J. Dickson, Tonia L. Gray
  • Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    23 November 2011
  • Risk Management in the Outdoors is essential reading for students and practitioners involved in outdoor education, sport, recreation and tourism. Written by an expert author team, it explores the value of the outdoors in a society that is increasingly risk- adverse, but at the same time pushes the commodification of high risk and extreme activities. Drawing upon the risk management process from the International Standard on Risk Management, ISO 31000, this text adopts a whole-of-organisation approach to risk management. It covers: organisational sustainabilitylegal issuesprogram design activitiessevere weather scenariosincident analysis .Risk Management in the Outdoors provides direction on how best to manage the 'down-side' of risk taking while maximising the potential benefits. Each chapter contains focus questions, case studies, action points for practitioners, plus further questions and activities.

  • 11 - Learning from injury surveillance and incident analysis

  • Edited by Tracey J. Dickson, University of Canberra, Tonia L. Gray, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
  • Book:
    Risk Management in the Outdoors
    Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    23 November 2011, pp 204-230

  • Summary

    And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

    Erica Jong, How to Save your Own Life, 1977

    Focus questions

    1. What is an acceptable level of physical risk in your context? Who considered and determined that the risk is acceptable: management, participants, society?

    2. How can you determine the level of physical risks in your activity or program?

    3. On what basis do you design and implement strategies to improve physical safety?

    4. How can culture, organisational learning, learning organisations and knowledge management support injury prevention outcomes?

    5. How can you assess whether injury prevention strategies are having an impact?

  • 1 - An introduction to risk, adventure and risk management

  • Edited by Tracey J. Dickson, University of Canberra, Tonia L. Gray, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
  • Book:
    Risk Management in the Outdoors
    Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    23 November 2011, pp 1-24

  • Summary

    Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

    Helen Keller, author, activist and lecturer, 1957

    Focus questions

    1. How are the terms ‘risk’ and ‘risk management’ used in organisations that conduct activities, programs or events in the outdoors?

    2. What is the role of risk in their activities?

    3. Why do people participate in activities in the outdoors?

    4. What is the role of adventure in today's society?

    5. What facilitates or limits people's pursuit of adventure?

  • Preface

  • Edited by Tracey J. Dickson, University of Canberra, Tonia L. Gray, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
  • Book:
    Risk Management in the Outdoors
    Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    23 November 2011, pp xvii-xviii

  • Summary

    1. To Risk

    2. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.

    3. He may avoid suffering and sorrow,

    4. But he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live.

    5. Only a person who risks is free.

    6. The pessimist complains about the wind;

    7. The optimist expects it to change;

    8. And the realist adjusts the sails.

    9. William Arthur Ward

    Undeniably, risk is part of the human experience. Risk management is a ubiquitous concern for those involved in outdoor education, sport and recreation as typically the focus has been on physical dangers. Varying degrees of danger exist within the myriad of activities undertaken in the outdoors, whether they are high physical risk activities such as rock fishing, equestrian sports or adventure racing or the more leisurely and low physical risk activities such as bird watching, dragon boat racing or simple bushwalking along a marked trail. Whatever the motivation, risk in its many forms and activities in the outdoors are inextricably linked.

    There is universal acceptance that we engage in risk-taking behaviours as either an innate personal reward, or as a conquest or even as a badge of peer acceptance. Risk management in the outdoors covers the broad spectrum, from high to low risk activities. This book stems from over seventeen years of Australian industry interest in the management of risks in outdoor activities documented in the local literature on the subject, drawing upon a wide array of insights and experiences from industry experts.

  • 4 - The organisational context of risk management

  • Edited by Tracey J. Dickson, University of Canberra, Tonia L. Gray, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
  • Book:
    Risk Management in the Outdoors
    Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    23 November 2011, pp 69-90

  • Summary

    One of the many reasons for the bewildering and tragic character of human existence is the fact that social organisation is at once necessary and fatal. Men are forever creating such organisations for their own convenience and forever finding themselves the victims of their home-made monsters.

    Aldous Huxley

    Focus questions

    1. In what ways is risk management embedded into an organisation's culture?

    2. How do an organisation's management, structures and/or policies support the desired risk management culture?

    3. Who is the best person to ‘champion’ risk management in an organisation or program?

    4. How can stories, images or activities support or undermine the achievement of the desired risk management culture?

    5. What is the role of safety audits or organisational accreditations?

  • Appendix - Examples of risk analyses

  • Edited by Tracey J. Dickson, University of Canberra, Tonia L. Gray, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
  • Book:
    Risk Management in the Outdoors
    Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    23 November 2011, pp 231-237

  • Summary

    Risk Scores based upon ISO 31000:

    Low = C1, D1, D2, E1, E2: Manage by routine procedures

    Moderate = C2, D3, E3:Management responsibility must be specified

    High = A1, A2, B2, B3, C3, D4, E4, E5: Senior management attention needed

    Extreme=A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, C4, C5,D5: Immediate preventative action required

  • 5 - The real physical risks: putting it into perspective

  • Edited by Tracey J. Dickson, University of Canberra, Tonia L. Gray, University of Wollongong, New South Wales
  • Book:
    Risk Management in the Outdoors
    Published online:
    05 June 2012
    Print publication:
    23 November 2011, pp 91-115

  • Summary

    A ship is safe in harbour, but that's not what ships are for.

    William Shedd (1820–1894), theologian and philosopher

    Focus questions

    1. What are the real physical risks that people face when participating in outdoor activities?

    2. Which activities do you consider most ‘unsafe’?

    3. What available data sources exist to inform you about the risks to physical safety?

    4. What does it mean to be ‘safe’? Do you really want to be safe or to minimise the physical risks?

    5. What are the main mechanisms of injury in outdoor activities?

  • A Whole-of-Life Approach to Tourism: The Case for Accessible Tourism Experiences

  • Simon Darcy, Tracey J. Dickson
  • Journal:
    Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management / Volume 16 / Issue 1 / 01 January 2009
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    23 February 2012, pp. 32-44
    Print publication:
    01 January 2009

  • This article examines the concept of a whole-of-life approach to tourism through presenting the case for ‘accessible tourism’. The importance of this approach is that it has been estimated that 30% of a population will have access requirements at any point in time, and most people will have a disability at some stage during their life. This article presents the case for proactively developing a strategic accessible tourism approach by presenting a brief background to the area. First, the article outlines the relationship between access, disability, ageing and tourism. Second, it reviews the development of easy access markets and accessible tourism, and places these in context to universal design. Third, the article overviews pertinent legislation that shapes the accessible tourism environment in Australia. Fourth, accessible environments are placed within context to destination management and accessible destination experiences. The article concludes by presenting four contemporary Australian examples of accessible destination experiences within broader destination management approaches.