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Fundamentals of risk management for accountants and managers [electronic resource] : tools & techniques / Paul M. Collier.

By: Collier, Paul M.
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009Description: 1 online resource (xi, 285 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780080942759 (electronic bk.); 008094275X (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Risk managementGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fundamentals of risk management for accountants and managers.DDC classification: 658.155 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Part A: Introducing risk management -- 1. The emergence of risk -- The origins of the risk discipline in OH & S, insurance, project management and financial derivatives. Influence of key writers such as Beck and Adams. -- 2. The corporate governance agenda -- The influence of Cadbury, corporate failures at Enron and WorldCom, Sarbanes-Oxley, the King Report, audit and risk committees. -- 3. Corporate governance and risk management in the public and not-for-profit sectors -- Part B: A strategic perspective on Enterprise Risk Management -- 4. Towards Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) -- The traditional approach to risk management compared with ERM. Various models of risk management, e.g. COSO (US), the IRM (UK), the Australian risk standard, Basel, etc. -- 5. Risk and strategy: product/markets, supply chain, competitive position, brands, regulation, technology change, reputation, distribution channels. Risk and sustainable competitive advantage. -- 6. Risk categorisation -- Types of risk and the advantages of categorisation -- 7. Techniques for identifying and assessing risks -- Likelihood/consequences. Risk registers. Risk reviews. -- 8. The manager?s role in risk management -- Role of the risk manager. Risk management groups. Risk management software. Risk management policy -- 9. Risk and culture -- Risk appetite. National, organisational and professional cultures. Embedding risk into the organisation. -- Part C: Risk applications in the organisation -- 10. Risk and financial reporting -- Reporting to shareholders, divisional performance measurement -- 11. Risk and financial decision making -- Budgeting, profitability analysis, capital investment -- 12. Risk and information systems -- Systems design, development and implementation. The IT environment and different applications. Networks. IT controls -- 13. Risk in financial services -- Derivatives, Interest rates, Foreign exchange -- 14. Health and safety risk management -- Risk assessments. Risk auditing. Risk recording -- 15. Credit risk management -- Credit approval. Credit management. Credit financing. -- 16. Asset risk management -- Supply chain risks. Purchasing risk. Breakdown risk. Obsolescence risk. -- 17. Project risk management and contract risk -- Legal and commercial risk. Negotiating and managing contracts and projects. Technical and contractual delivery. -- 18. Risk and fraud -- Preventing, identifying and responding to fraud -- 19. Risk and the environment -- Pollution, contamination, sustainability and global warming. ISO14000 -- 20. Risk and crisis management -- From 9/11 to business continuity -- 21. Risk and insurance -- Principles of insurance. Liability. Property. Self insurance. Reinsurance. -- Part D: Evaluating risk management -- 22. Risk, the audit committee and the risk committee -- 23. Risk and internal control -- 24. Risk and internal audit -- 25. Auditing risk management -- 26. The future of risk management -- Glossary of terms -- Index --
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part A: Introducing risk management -- 1. The emergence of risk -- The origins of the risk discipline in OH & S, insurance, project management and financial derivatives. Influence of key writers such as Beck and Adams. -- 2. The corporate governance agenda -- The influence of Cadbury, corporate failures at Enron and WorldCom, Sarbanes-Oxley, the King Report, audit and risk committees. -- 3. Corporate governance and risk management in the public and not-for-profit sectors -- Part B: A strategic perspective on Enterprise Risk Management -- 4. Towards Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) -- The traditional approach to risk management compared with ERM. Various models of risk management, e.g. COSO (US), the IRM (UK), the Australian risk standard, Basel, etc. -- 5. Risk and strategy: product/markets, supply chain, competitive position, brands, regulation, technology change, reputation, distribution channels. Risk and sustainable competitive advantage. -- 6. Risk categorisation -- Types of risk and the advantages of categorisation -- 7. Techniques for identifying and assessing risks -- Likelihood/consequences. Risk registers. Risk reviews. -- 8. The manager?s role in risk management -- Role of the risk manager. Risk management groups. Risk management software. Risk management policy -- 9. Risk and culture -- Risk appetite. National, organisational and professional cultures. Embedding risk into the organisation. -- Part C: Risk applications in the organisation -- 10. Risk and financial reporting -- Reporting to shareholders, divisional performance measurement -- 11. Risk and financial decision making -- Budgeting, profitability analysis, capital investment -- 12. Risk and information systems -- Systems design, development and implementation. The IT environment and different applications. Networks. IT controls -- 13. Risk in financial services -- Derivatives, Interest rates, Foreign exchange -- 14. Health and safety risk management -- Risk assessments. Risk auditing. Risk recording -- 15. Credit risk management -- Credit approval. Credit management. Credit financing. -- 16. Asset risk management -- Supply chain risks. Purchasing risk. Breakdown risk. Obsolescence risk. -- 17. Project risk management and contract risk -- Legal and commercial risk. Negotiating and managing contracts and projects. Technical and contractual delivery. -- 18. Risk and fraud -- Preventing, identifying and responding to fraud -- 19. Risk and the environment -- Pollution, contamination, sustainability and global warming. ISO14000 -- 20. Risk and crisis management -- From 9/11 to business continuity -- 21. Risk and insurance -- Principles of insurance. Liability. Property. Self insurance. Reinsurance. -- Part D: Evaluating risk management -- 22. Risk, the audit committee and the risk committee -- 23. Risk and internal control -- 24. Risk and internal audit -- 25. Auditing risk management -- 26. The future of risk management -- Glossary of terms -- Index --

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