Fundamentals of Risk Management for Accountants and Managers.

In today's economic climate, no manager or board of directors can afford to ignore the importance of risk management to their business. This vital guide to the risks so many businesses face explains how to identify and manage risk, showing practitioners and students the financial and non-financial risk management skills they need to safeguard their organization. Practical and applied, it includes bite-sized case studies from a range of industries and Combines a broad strategic approach to enterprise risk management with chapters on specific applications of risk management Balances the importance of financial and other quantitative techniques with a social science perspective Draws on international models including those developed in UK, Australia, South Africa, as well as techniques developed in the US The book also provides professionals and students with a solid grounding in how risks are identified, assessed, measured, managed and monitored in organizations, equally emphasising techniques and the human factors that exert a strong influence on risk management practice. Book jacket..