Operational Risk and Resilience Understanding and Minimising Operational Risk to Secure Shareholder Value

Well publicised failures in risk management have appeared with shocking frequency over the past few years. Affected firms can suffer significant commercial damage or even bankruptcy as a result. Only now is there a growing realisation that risk management is a key management responsibility. This book will help turn your firm into a 'risk aware' organization which will be able to avoid catastrophic loss. It will also enable senior management to make better strategic and operational decisions, thanks to an informed understanding of business hazards.

Case studies from a wide cross section of different firms and markets are used to explain how to define, analyse and control operational risk.

Risk management overview - Introduction to risk managementRethinking riskOperational risk and business changeThe benefits of ORMLiving in a goldfish bowl: reputation and operational riskOperational integrity - Building a supporting risk management architectureEstablishing policy and organisationDesigning and implementing operational controlsCreating an insurance strategyOperational delivery - Capacity managementHuman resource managementSupplier managementService managementSourcing managementProject risk managementCrisis managementOR issues for the 21st century - Financial institutions at the leading edgeChanges in e-business worldRisk and restructuringShared service centresJoint venturesMergers and acquisitionsCorporate governance pressures

• An insightful guide to one of the key topics of modern strategic and operational management, written by a team of expert risk management professionals
• Learn about the application of operational risk management to a wide range of market sectors, including commercial, retail and investment banking, investment management, insurance, the energy industry, telecommunications, manufacturing and logistics
• Case studies and worked examples from around the world, including North America, Western Europe, South East Asia and Latin America