Managing Business Risk

A Practical Guide to Protecting Your Business
Herausgeber: Revuid, Jonathan; Reuvid, Jonathan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Effective risk management - the identification, assessment and prioritization of risks - is a vital consideration when looking to safeguard your company's commercial future and deal with the latest regulatory requirements. Managing Business Risk will enable your company to maintain controls on risks that may threaten your business while at the same time delivering transparent reporting to your stakeholders. The book examines the key areas of risk in today's competitive and complex business market. Drawing on expert advice from leading risk consultants, lawyers and regulatory authorities, it shows you how to protect your business against a rising tide of risks. If you don't build risk controls into the structure of your company, from the boardroom down, then your business could be vulnerable to a number of threats - both internal and external. Identify and neutralise them now, and give your company a competitive advantage.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9780749470432
• ISBN-10: 0749470437
• Artikelnr.: 37668170

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Reuvid was formerly an economist, an investment banker and an international corporate development consultant. He has edited and co-authored many titles for Kogan Page, including The Corporate Guide to Expatriate Employment. Contributors: Ben Allgrove, Baker & McKenzie LLP Gerard Bloom, XL Group James Borshell, Dentons UKMEA LLP Ben Cattaneo, Accenture Finance & Risk Services Steve Culp, Accenture Finance & Risk Services Carlo Gallo, Enquirisk Stephen Gill, Stephen Gill Associates Allan Gifford, Enterprise risk management advisor Cor Groenveld, LRQA Steve Holmes, Baker & McKenzie LLP Chris Jackson, Burges Salmon LLP Sinead Kelly, A & L Goodbody Theo Ling, Baker & McKenzie LLP Neil Maclean, Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP Doris Myles, Baker & McKenzie LLP Gavin O'Toole, Freelance journalist and copyeditor James M Pearson, Pacific Risk Advisors Bennett G Picker, Stadley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP Ron Reid, Shoosmiths LLP Katie Russell, Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP Martin Sutherland, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Jonathan Tam, Baker & McKenzie LLP Ian Tucker, Burges Salmon LLP Henrietta Watchorn, Squire Sanders (UL) LLP David Whincup, Squire Sanders (UL) LLP

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Steve Fowler Contributors' notes
Introduction Jonathan Reuvid
PART ONE Boardroom risk concerns and strategies
1.1 Beyond resilience: turning volatility and uncertainty into business
opportunity Ben Cattaneo
Where traditional resilience management often falls short Taking a new
approach Advanced resilience High performance: going beyond resilience
Beyond resilience: components Conclusion Notes References
1.2 Managing business disputes through mediation Bennett G Picker
Introduction Mediation defined How mediation works Mediation and
adjudication (litigation and arbitration) contrasted How a mediator engages
in facilitated negotiations Preparing for mediation Deciding whether or not
to settle The landscape of mediation Conclusion
1.3 Corporate greed in the capitalist garden of good and evil Gerard Bloom
Introduction 'Greed is alright, by the way, I think greed is healthy...'
'Culture eats strategy for breakfast; The culture of employee fraud The
culture of the rogue trader The culture of the Ponzi scheme The role of the
risk management function Insurance as a potential risk mitigant Conclusion
Note
1.4 Recent and expected changes to regulatory reform Neil Maclean and Katie
Russell
Changed in tribunal litigation Families and flexible working TUPE reform
Hot topic for 2014: holiday pay calculations Conclusion
1.5 Contracts which do not reflect the agreement reached Chris Jackson and
Ian Tucker
The risks posed Objectives The potential solutions Choosing the solution
Overall business risk
PART TWO Managing information and online risk
2.1 Managing business opportunities and information risks Martin Sutherland
Introduction 'Balancing' opportunity and risk management Scenario 1: Mobile
devices (BYOD/BYOT) Scenario 2: Using big data to secure the enterprise
Scenario 3: Connecting engineering and corporate networks Scenario 4: What
the future might hold - the internet of things Conclusions and
recommendations Notes Appendix
2.2 Accountability for information practices Theo Ling and Jonathan Tam
Introduction What is accountability? Achieving accountability Conclusion
Notes
2.3 Selling online: the EU Consumer Rights Directive Doris Myles, Ben
Allgrove, and Steve Holmes
Introduction What is a consumer? What the key changes for online sales to
consumers? What are the new information requirements? Clear and
comprehensive information Technical constraints in providing information
What are the new cancellation rights? When is there no right to cancel?
What hidden costs are prohibited? Are the new provisions in the Directive
mandatory? How will the Directive be enforced against online traders?
Summary Reference
2.4 The Systemic Risk Survey 2013 Jonathan Reuvid
Introduction Probability of a high-impact event Confidence in the UK
financial system Key risks to the UK financial system Risks most
challenging to manage as a firm Conclusion
PART THREE Operational risk and key employment issues
3.1 Getting food safety assessment right Cor Groenveld
Introduction Harmonization of standards Better auditors, better assessments
Conclusion
3.2 The role of risk management in enhancing performance Allan Gifford
Introduction Is risk management up to the job? Risk management helps
overcome performance management challenges Five common challenges Trends in
performance management Summary
3.3 Managing risks in the supply chain: reaching new standards Steve Culp
Introduction Improving the management of risks in the supply chain Taking
risk management live
3.4 The importance of managing health and safety and environmental risk Ron
Reid
Basic risk management How to improve risk management Importance of culture
Enforcement trends No need for actual harm How can you determine and
improve your current risk culture? Conclusion
3.5 Women on boards: the UK Corporate Governance Code requirements and the
Irish experience Sinead Kelly
Introduction Gender diversity: the barriers and obstacles explored The UK
Corporate Governance Code provision on gender diversity: practical
application by the board Succession planning for boards Gender diversity
and the Code: the Irish experience Practical steps Conclusion Notes
3.6 The future of UK pension after the DWP's 'Defined Ambition”
consultation James Borshell
Introduction So what is the UK traditional pensions model? Breaking the
camel's back The DWP's proposals Adding certainty to defined contribution:
defined contribution with guarantees Going Dutch: collective defined
contribution Summing up Notes
3.7 Making yourself heard in redundancy consultation and termination
meetings Henrietta Watchorn & David Whincup
The legal bit Preparation is key What am I doing here? The meeting Making
yourself heard in consultation meetings Conveying the right message to the
rest of your workforce
PART FOUR Managing risk in emerging markets
4.1 Environmental risk in emerging markets Gavin O'Toole
Introduction Environmental risk in developing regions: Latin America Impact
of climate change Conclusion Notes Further reading
4.2 Business risk in Russia: root causes and future trends Carlo Gallo
Introduction Business risks in context Implications for the business
climate Trends in business risk Conclusion References
4.3 Sustainability risk management in China James M Pearson
Introduction Setting the scene Where are we now? Regulatory enforcement
Sustainability risk and opportunities Conclusions Further reading
4.4 Business risk: developing a market and sales strategy for South-East
Asia Stephen Gill
Geography and population South-East Asia's economics Political landscape
Social, cultural and spiritual diversity Business marketing/sales strategy
and risk Sales vs marketing activities: is there a difference? Do we need a
marketing/sales strategy? PESTLE and SWOT analyses The planning and process
The final analysis A final word of caution
4.5 Relative risk returns revisited Jonathan Reuvid
Overview The macro-evidence The socio-economic dilemma Politico-economic
considerations The business decision Notes
Appendix: Contributors' contact list Index Index of advertisers