London 2012 Risk Assessment Essay

I decided to analyse the risk assessment for the Olympic Game of London 2012.

I choose the Olympic games because, in my opinion, they are one of the major events where everything has to be managed and calculated. In particular London’s Olympic game was an example of a worldwide successful event.

I analyse it in relation to the risk assessment of the event “it is time for hour future”.

First of all it is important to consider a fundamental difference between these two events: the Olympic games are a mega event that affect whole economies and tend to be global in scope with regard to their governance, participations and tourist arrivals; the event I created is a major event that, although having a media coverage and economic benefits, attract significantly fewer numbers.

Secondly all the risks analysed have a much more impact on a mega event because of leading visibility.

Thirdly I don’t consider some risks, like protection and promotion of the Olympic brand, because that risk is not comparable to any of the risks described in the event I created.

It involves a deep knowledge of the legal normative of the state. For that reasons in all type of event, even in the smallest one, it has to be carefully managed and controlled. It is also important to know the current regulation about workers (the need a regular contract) and volunteers. All the employees’ need a medical insurance or everything that the regulation explained is necessary. This is mainly because, if an accident happens without respecting the regulation, a very bad publicity occurred.

A last very important risk is the one related to security and medical assistance. Everybody that attends an event wants to be secure and for this reason is important to involve police and volunteers that create a network, which made the event safe. About medical assistance every country has is normative that explain how many rescuers and ambulance are needed in relation to the number of people attending the