Fundamentals of Risk Management for Accountants and Managers

by Paul M. Collier

Overview

Both financial and non-financial managers with accountability for performance at either a strategic level or for a business unit have responsibility for risk management, in terms of failing to achieve organisational objectives. Fundamentals of Enterprise Risk management is structured around four parts and 26 self-contained chapters. Each chapter will have ample practical examples and illustrations/mini-case studies from retail, manufacturing and service industries and from the public and not-for-profit sectors to enable the reader to understand and apply the concepts in the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136439865
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/26/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Paul M Collier

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introducing Risk Management; Chapter 1 The Emergence of Risk; Chapter 2 Risk in the Corporate Governance Agenda; Chapter 3 Risk and Governance in the Public and Third Sectors; Part 2 The Structure of Enterprise Risk Management; Chapter 4 Towards Enterprise Risk Management; Chapter 5 Risk Categorization; Chapter 6 Strategy, Culture and Risk Appetite; Chapter 7 Identifying, Assessing and Estimating Risk; Chapter 8 Risk Evaluation, Treatment and Reporting; Chapter 9 Internal Control and the Manager’s Role in Enterprise Risk Management; Part 3 Risk Applications in Organisations; Chapter 10 Risk and Financial Reporting; Chapter 11 Risk and Financial Decision-Making; Chapter 12 The Management of Financial Risk; Chapter 13 Risk and Information Systems; Chapter 14 Risk Management for Health and Safety; Chapter 15 Credit Risk Management; Chapter 16 Strategy and Business Risk; Chapter 17 Project Risk and Contract Risk; Chapter 18 Fraud and Theft Risk; Chapter 19 Risk, Regulation and the Environment; Chapter 20 Risk and Business Continuity Management; Chapter 21 Risk and Insurance; Chapter 22 Risk in Banking and Operational Risk; Part 4 Evaluating Risk Management; Chapter 23 The Audit Committee, Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Control; Chapter 24 Enterprise Risk Management and the Audit Function; Chapter 25 The Future of Enterprise Risk Management;

Editorial Reviews

"I think that this book could be used for students at a number of levels. For example in the 1st year of our undergraduate degree we have struggled to find a text that that gives the students a flavour of the in-depth topics that will follow"

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