MASTERING OPERATIONAL RISK: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING BLUNDEN T. THIRLWELL J. / OPERATIONAL RISK AND TO MANAGE IT Księgarnia

Operational risk is a constant concern for all businesses. It goes far beyond operations and process to encompass all aspects of business risk, including strategic and reputational risks. Within financial services, it became codified by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in the 1990s. It is something that needs to be taken seriously by all those involved in running, managing and leading companies.

Mastering Operational Risk is a comprehensive guide which takes you from the basic elements of operational risk, through to its advanced applications. Focusing on practical aspects, the book gives you everything you need to help you understand what operational risk is, how it affects you and your business and provides a framework for managing it.

Mastering Operational Risk:

Shows you how to make the business case for operational risk, and how to develop effective company-wide policies
Covers the essential basic concepts through to advanced managements practices
Uses examples and case studies which cover the pitfalls and explains how to avoid them
Provides scenario analysis and modelling techniques for you to apply to your business

Operational risk arises in all businesses. It is a broad term and can relate to internal processes, people, and systems, as well as external events. All listed companies, charities and the public sector must make risk judgements and assessments and company managers have an increasing responsibility to ensure that these assessments are robust and that risk management is at the heart of their organisations.

In this practical guide, Tony Blunden and John Thirlwell, recognised experts in risk management, show you how to manage operational risk and show why operational risk management really will add benefits to your business.

Mastering Operational Risk includes:

The business case for operational risk
Risk and control assessment
How to use operational risk indicators
Reporting operational risk
Modelling and stress-testing operational risk
Business continuity and insurance
Managing people risk
Containing reputational damage

John Thirlwell is non-executive director at Chase Cooper, a risk management solutions company that focuses on the financial sector to provide solutions for enterprise risk, operational risk, Sarbanes-Oxley, credit and market risk. He’s worked on the following books: co-author, Operational Risk Handbook (2001-4) (Securities Institute); A Guide to Business Continuity Management (2001) (BBA/KPMG); Chapters in Advanced Operational Risk (2002) and Basel Handbook (2003)(Risk Waters).

Tony Blunden is an Executive Director of Chase Cooper Ltd and heads its consultancy division. Both Tony and John are regular and sought-after speakers on the operational risk conference circuit. Tony’s book publications include: Co-author, Risk-Based Compliance (2001) (Butterworths); The Euromoney Derivatives and Risk Management Handbook 2001/02 (2001); Operational Risk: Regulation, Analysis and Management (2002) (FT Prentice Hall) and Managing Business Risk (2003) Kogan Page Limited.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Setting the scene

Chapter 1 - What is operational risk?

Chapter 2 - The busineess case for operational risk management

Part 2 - The Framework

Chapter 3 - Governance

Chapter 4 - Risk and control assessment

Chapter 5 - Events and losses

Chapter 6 - Indicators

Part 3 - Advancing the Framework

Chapter 7 - Reporting

Chapter 8 - Modelling

Chapter 9 - Stress tests and scenarios

Part 4 - Mitigation and Assurance

Chapter 10 - Business continuity

Chapter 11 - Insurance

Chapter 12 - Internal audit

Part 5 - Practical Operational Risk Management

Chapter 13 - Outsourcing

Chapter 14 - People risk

Chapter 15 Reputation risk

344 pages, Paperback

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