Title: Modern Corporate Risk Management : A Blueprint for Positive Change and Effectiveness Author: Glenn Koller ISBN: 1932159525 / 9781932159523 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 320 Publisher: J.ROSS Publishing Year: 2007 Availability: Out of Stock
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21st century companies are constantly evaluating and re-evaluating the risk inherent to their businesses. Many firms have instituted risk management programs to plan for and better protect key investments and risk-related change management initiatives to execute change in the organization. This implementation, however, can be difficult due to its complexity and because many areas of the firm can be resistant to change.
Modern Corporate Risk Management offers forward-thinking, practical solutions to the technical, organizational, cultural, and political problems related to corporate portfolio risk management, including how to realize the related changes needed in most corporations to become effective. Written in an easy-to-understand format by an expert who has worked in a broad spectrum of businesses and industries, this book explores using probabilistic techniques for budget/portfolio processes and estimating project value, implementing external verification and “assembly line” processes, promoting holistic thinking, and encouraging cross-silo interactions. This valuable reference is for anyone who has responsibility for managing enterprise or project management risk.
• Presents practical and easy-to-understand solutions to technical, organizational, cultural, political and change management problems related to corporate portfolio risk management that can be implemented in most any industry . • Offers risk-related advice for people in services, logistics, engineering, sales, marketing, legal, finance, research, commercial, environmental, construction, information technology and other corporate departments. • Includes examples and instruction on managing portfolios of projects with risk-based metrics, such as the expected value of success (EVS) and the expected value for the portfolio (EVP) and their use in effective corporate portfolio management. • Provides techniques for using probabilistic and stochastic methods to estimate project values and budgets, and for making optimal financial decisions at all corporate .
Introduction Selected Readings
Chapter 1. : Define the Concepts and Terms Chapter 2. : Some of the Fundamental Problems Chapter 3. : The Problems (“Hey, is this a mirror? I think I see myself!”) Chapter 4. : Solutions to the Problems : Assessment of the Situation Chapter 5. : Solutions to the Problems : Changing the Organization Chapter 6. : Solutions to the Problems : Changing the Processes Chapter 7. : Solutions to the Problems : The Aftermath