Managing risk in organizations

A guide for managers

J. Davidson Frame

282 pages, parution le 29/08/2003

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Résumé

Managing Risk in Organizations offers a proven framework for handling risks across all types of organizations. In this comprehensive resource, David Frame- a leading expert in risk management- examines the risks routinely encountered in business, offers prescriptions to assess the effects of various risks, and shows how to develop effective strategies to cope with risks. In addition, the book is filled with practical tools and techniques used by professional risk practitioners that can be readily applied by project managers, financial managers, and any manager or consultant who deals with risk within an organization. Managing Risk in Organizations is filled with illustrative case studies and

Outlines the various types of risk pure, operational, project, technical, business, and political
Reveals what risk management can and cannot accomplish
Shows how to organize risk management efforts to conduct risk assessments, manage crises, and recover from disasters
Includes a systematic risk management process risk management planning, risk identification, qualitative impact analysis, quantitative impact analysis, risk response planning, and monitoring control
Provides quantitative and qualitative tools to identify and handle risks

This much-needed book will enable organizations to take risk seriously and act proactively.

The Big Picture
Practical Limitations of Risk Management
Organizing to Deal with Risk Identifying Risk
Assessing Impacts of Risk Events- Qualitative Impact Analysis
Assessing Impacts of Risk Events- Quantitative Analysis
Assessing thé Impacts of Risk Events: The Rôle of Probability and Statistics
Planning to Handle Risk
Monitoring and Controlling Risk
Business Risk
Operational Risks
Project Risk
Conclusions
References
Index

L'auteur - J. Davidson Frame

J. Davidson Frame is Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Management and Technology (UMT) in Arlington, Virginia. Prior to joining UMT, he established the project management program at George Washington University. He also served as director of the Project Management Certification Program at the Project Management Institute (PMI) and has served on PMI's board of directors. Frame has authored more than forty articles and seven books, including The New Project Management (3rd edition) and Managing Risk in Organizations.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Jossey-Bass
Auteur(s)	J. Davidson Frame
Parution	29/08/2003
Nb. de pages	282
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	510g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780787965181
ISBN13	978-0-7879-6518-1