Simple Tools and Techniques for Enterprise Risk Management - (Wiley Finance) 2nd Edition by Robert J Chapman (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The range of business threats is evolving rapidly but your organization can thrive and gain a competitive advantage with your business vision for enterprise risk management. Trends affecting markets--events in the global financial markets, changing technologies, environmental priorities, dependency on intellectual property--all underline how important it is to keep up to speed on the latest financial risk management practices and procedures.

This popular book on enterprise risk management has been expanded and updated to include new themes and current trends for today's risk practitioner. It features up-to-date materials on new threats, lessons from the recent financial crisis, and how businesses need to protect themselves in terms of business interruption, security, project and reputational risk management.

Project risk management is now a mature discipline with an international standard for its implementation. This book reinforces that project risk management needs to be systematic, but also that it must be embedded to become part of an organization's DNA. This book promotes techniques that will help you implement a methodical and broad approach to risk management.

• The author is a well-known expert and boasts a wealth of experience in project and enterprise risk management
• Easy-to-navigate structure breaks down the risk management process into stages to aid implementation
• Examines the external influences that bring sources of business risk that are beyond your control
• Provides a handy chapter with tips for commissioning consultants for business risk management services

It is a business imperative to have a clear vision for risk management. Simple Tools and Techniques for Enterprise Risk Management, Second Edition shows you the way.

From the Back Cover

"Rob Chapman's book is modest in its title, yet is, at its heart, one of the best guides on how to 'do' Enterprise Risk Management, currently in print. Now completely revised to recognise the development of ISO31000 (the International Risk Management standard) and recent changes in governance and business ethics, this very accessible text is a must for anyone implementing ERM, irrespective of their business sector, country or background."
--Steve Fowler, Chief Executive, Institute of Risk Management, UK

"This valuable text provides both the student and the practitioner with comprehensive coverage of the key elements which must be considered in respect of Risk Management."
--Dr Alistair Somerville Ford FTS, Chairman - Institute of Commercial Management, UK

"The global financial crisis and in particular the demise of high profile companies has emphasised like never before the need for effective Enterprise Risk Management. This significantly expanded text will enable the reader, whether student, risk practitioner, auditor or board member to understand both the sources of risk and a process for implementing ERM. The clear and concise style of writing will provide a useful reference in navigating the ever expanding maze of business risk."
--Steve Wilmot, Risk Manager - Leighton Contractors PTY Limited, Australia

"In today's highly volatile risk reality where ERM is the future of risk management, Chapman's book provides an in-depth insight into ERM. By combining theoretical and practical ERM knowledge from both a strategic and an operational angle, Chapman creates a valuable source of references for risk practitioners. While imminent risk issues are addressed, the book discusses how these risks can be managed most effectively across the entire organisation. The book aims to introduce risk professionals to key ERM aspects, and that's exactly what it does."
--Joanna Keith, Risk Management, JP Morgan, UK

"Every student, practitioner, manager and director will find information in this book which will help them in their risk management efforts"
--Jonathan Allen, Program Risk Manager, Abu Dhabi Public Transport Network, UAE

"Risk Management is such a broad subject and varies depending on the organization and the industry. Many standards and guidelines around the world try to encapsulate risk into one set of parameters but typically suffer as they are from one particular perspective. Robert Chapman however does not conform to this single minded approach and provides us with a mixture of current risk management issues, techniques and case studies to provide a broad and yet still comprehensive view on risk management that is relevant to any industry sector. As such, there is something here for everyone who is in the risk management field and should be a mandatory addition to any risk manager's bookshelf."
--Clayton Meteyard, Manager - Risk and Insurance, Etihad Rail

About the Author

About the author

ROBERT J. CHAPMAN is the Director of Risk Management in the Middle East for AECOM, a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange, and listed on the Fortune 500 as one of America's largest companies. Prior to this he held the position of Director of Risk Management at a number of European companies and has provided risk management consultancy services in Holland, Ireland, South Africa, Qatar, England and the UAE to companies within the pharmaceutical, aviation, marine, rail, broadcast, heritage, health, education, manufacturing, water, sport, oil and gas, property development, construction and media sectors. He was made a Fellow of both the Institute of Risk Management (UK) and the Association for Project Management (UK) for his contribution to the development of the discipline of risk management. He has provided guidance to the Chartered Institute of Accountants in England and Wales in the form of a risk management handbook and was a co-author of Management of Risk: Guidance for Practitioners published by the Office of Government Commerce and Managing Business Risk published by Kogan Page. He has had articles on the subject of risk management published in three languages and has a PhD in risk management.