風險無所不在，企業從生產製造到營運管理，都必須要控制與管理風險，尤其近年來企業經營的外在環境存在著愈來愈多的不確定性，更是需要強化風險控管的觀念。本課程主要將介紹企業從生產製造到營運管理的規劃與執行過程中，所可能遭遇到的風險認定、評估、分析與處理方法，詳細課程內容將包括介紹企業營運的不確定性、風險及風險管理的定義、風險識別、風險評估、工程風險、工程經濟以及一些風險控管的技術，其目的是希望學生能具備風險管理應有的知識與技術，並能以系統工程的觀點來解決企業營運中所可能面臨的各種風險。
The course introduces engineering approaches to probabilistic risk analysis (PRA). It emphasizes methods for comprehensive PRA studies, including techniques for risk management. It assumes little or no prior knowledge of risk analysis on the part of the student, and provides the necessary mathematical and engineering foundations. It relies heavily on, but is not limited to, examples from the nuclear industry, because that is where PRA techniques were first developed. Since PRA provides a best-estimate approach, it pays special attention to explaining uncertainty characterization.