Download or read book Organized Uncertainty written by Michael Power and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2007-05-24 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the mid-1990s risk management has dramatically expanded its reach and significance to become a benchmark of good governance for a wide variety of public and private organizations. This book shows that the rise of risk management has much less to do with real dangers and opportunities than with organizational accountability and legitimacy.