Risk Intelligence: Learning to Manage What We Don't Know

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$31.64 - $38.80
UPC:
9781591399544
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
8/7/2006
Author:
David Apgar
Language:
english
Edition:
1

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Product Overview

Too many executives think risk management is strictly for technical specialists. In Risk Intelligence: Learning to Manage What We Dont Know, David Apgar challenges this misconception. The author explains how to raise the quality of your risk analysis-thus enhancing your risk IQ-by applying four simple rules:
1) Recognize which risks are learnableand reduce their uncertainty by discovering more about them.
2) Identify risks you can learn about the fastest. The higher your learning speed, the more a project is worth pursuing.
3) Take on risky projects one at a timelearning about the risks underlying each before moving to the next.
4) Build networks of business partners, suppliers, and customers who can collectively manage new ventures risks by playing distinct roles.

The book provides two tools for improving your risk IQthe Risk Intelligence Audit and the Risk Scorecardand concludes with a 10-step action plan for systematically raising your managerial and organizational risk IQ. Your reward? Smarter business decisions over time.

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