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Exploiting future uncertainty : creating value from risk /
International risk consultant Dr David Hillson has advised many major organisations across the globe, showing them how to create value from risk. Now you can benefit from his unique approach and insights. Exploiting Future Uncertainty contains more than sixty focused briefings, each addressing a key...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham :
Gower,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Prologue
- Introduction: What's new?
- 1: Risk Management and Better Business
- THE LONG VIEW BACK
- OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
- BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY? : YOU CAN BE TOO CAREFUL
- RISK MANAGEMENT : IT'S NOT HARD
- WHAT ABOUT LUCK?
- PROVE IT! : THE VALUE OF MANAGING RISK
- WHAT'S THE COST?
- WHY BOTHER? : THE BENEFITS
- DOES RISK MANAGEMENT CRUSH INNOVATION?
- WHAT ABOUT MATURITY?
- PROBLEMS WITH RISK APPETITE
- HOW IS IT FOR YOU?
- 2: Risk Concepts
- UNIVERSAL LAWS OF RISK MANAGEMENT
- WHAT EXACTLY IS A RISK? (AND WHAT ISN'T)
- WHY RISK INCLUDES OPPORTUNITY
- MINIMISING SURPRISES
- DEALING WITH "UNKNOWN-UNKNOWNS" : THE RUMSFELD FACTOR
- NO RISK? NO CHANCE!
- 3: Making It Happen : Risk Management in Practice
- WHAT'S IN A GOOD RISK PROCESS?
- Step 1: GETTING STARTED
- IT'S ALL ABOUT OBJECTIVES
- HOW HIGH IS HIGH?
- STEP 2: FINDING RISKS
- USE YOUR IMAGINATION
- PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
- HOW TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES
- BETTER BRAINSTORMING
- ASSUME NOTHING, CHALLENGE EVERYTHING!
- THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAIL
- STEP 3: SETTING PRIORITIES
- GET YOUR PRIORITIES RIGHT
- PROBLEMS WITH PROBABILITY
- WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST RISK?
- IDENTIFYING OVERALL RISK EXPOSURE
- TO QUANT OR NOT TO QUANT?
- DECISION TREES
- STEP 4: DECIDING WHAT TO DO
- THINK STRATEGICALLY
- THE SEVEN As TEST
- STEP 5: TAKING ACTION
- GET THE FROGS OFF THE LOG
- TURNING PLANS INTO ACTION
- STEP 6: TELLING OTHERS
- WHO NEEDS TO KNOW?
- STEP 7: KEEPING UP TO DATE
- THE RISK REAR-VIEW MIRROR
- STEP 8: CAPTURING LESSONS
- DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTEAK TWICE
- GIGO : DRAWING THE RIGHT CONCLUSIONS
- FLEXIBILITY : THE KEY TO SUCCESS
- 4: The P-Factor : People
- TEN KEY CONCEPTS
- UNDERSTANDING RISK ATTITUDE
- WHAT DRIVES RISK ATTITUDES?
- IT'S JUST NOT RATIONAL
- OPTIMIST, PESSIMIST, OR REALIST?
- MOTIVATE!
- TOO BUSY? NO WAY!
- WHAT ABOUT INTUITION?
- 5: The Wider World
- AFTER THE CRISIS
- RISK MANAGEMENT : AN UNAFFORDABLE LUXURY?
- LEARNING FROM COUNTER-TERRORISM
- NIGHTMARE ON DOWNING STREET
- MAN OVERBOARD!
- LET'S GET PERSONAL
- DANGER AHEAD
- CHANGING THE FUTURE
- THE LONGER VIEW FORWARD
- Conclusion: Over to you
- Epilogue
- About the Author
- Useful References
- Index.