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The modern business climate demands a new risk management strategy. Mastering Strategic Risk: A Framework for Leading and Transforming Organizations is a comprehensive guide to redesigning organizational systems to better manage the risks and complexities of the modern world. Based on the notion of...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley finance series
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118819548 |
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The modern business climate demands a new risk management strategy. Mastering Strategic Risk: A Framework for Leading and Transforming Organizations is a comprehensive guide to redesigning organizational systems to better manage the risks and complexities of the modern world. Based on the notion of "Create, Facilitate, and Support," the book provides a roadmap to ensuring optimum performance in even the most challenging circumstances. Whether applied to a system or an entire organization, the ideas presented can help unlock a business's potential and ensure a sustainable advantage. Modern bu |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvi, 233 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781118772874 1118772873 9781118819548 1118819543 1306639123 9781306639125 9781118757291 1118757297 9781118772867 1118772865 |
| Index Number: | HD58 |
| CLC: | C936 |
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Mastering Strategic Risk; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Mastering the Complexities of a New Age; CHAPTER 1 The Round World, the Square Pegs: Redesigning Organizations to Manage the Risks of a Different World; RIGHTING THE SHIP: MANAGING THE COMPLEXITIES OF A NEW AGE; THE UNTOLD STORY OF WACHOVIA'S DEMISE: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN INDUSTRY GIANT; A Legacy to Be Proud Of; What Went Wrong; A SYMPTOM OF A MUCH LARGER CHALLENGE; THE BURNING PLATFORM: WHY THE NEED FOR CHANGE; LEVERAGING THE POWER OF PEOPLE; A WORLD OF PATTERNS: DOES NATURE HOLD THE ANSWERS?; REFERENCES. CHAPTER 2 The Three Elements: Creating, Facilitating, and Supporting Your Competitive Advantage A FRAMEWORK TAKEN FROM NATURE; Natural Systems; THE HUMAN BODY AS AN EXAMPLE; The Nervous System; Governance and the Body: The Cell Cycle and Temperature; ECOSYSTEMS; THE THREE ELEMENTS AND OUR MARKETPLACE; The Creative Element and the Marketplace; THE THREE ELEMENTS AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY; THE THREE ELEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS; The Motorola Story; Aligning the Three Elements with Corporate Activities; THE CREATIVE ELEMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS; Facilitation; Support; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AS AN EXAMPLE EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN SUMMARY; QUESTIONS; NOTE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 The Three Forces: Mastering Strategic Risk with Repetition, Balance, and Movement; ANTICIPATING CHANGE: TOYOTA; THREE FORCES THAT DICTATE PERFORMANCE IN SYSTEMS; MOVEMENT AND CHANGE IN NATURE; Movement and Change in the World We've Created; Balance in Nature; Repetition in Nature; MOVEMENT, BALANCE, AND REPETITION IN OUR MARKETPLACE; Balance in the Marketplace; Repetition in the Marketplace; CHANGE, BALANCE, AND REPETITION IN ORGANIZATIONS; Blockbuster and the Impact of New Technology; Change and Technology. Balance in Organizations Repetition in Organizations; THE THREE ELEMENTS AND FORCES AND OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT; The Creative Element; Support and the Federal Government; Facilitation and the State; THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS, FACILITATES, AND CREATES: A FRACTAL VIEW; THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OVERSIGHT; A HOLISTIC APPROACH; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 Transforming the Corporate Agenda: Applying the New Learning to Master Strategic Risk; ALIGNING THE THREE ELEMENTS AND FORCES FOR IMPACTFUL RESULTS; THE THREE ELEMENTS AS KEY DRIVERS OF ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE. Driving Growth through Continuous Creativity and Innovation The Talent Factor and Innovation; CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION THROUGH THE LENS OF INDUSTRY LEADERS; Google-Building a Culture of Innovation; The IKEA Way; Bell Labs-A Trailblazer of American Corporate Innovation; IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL CENTERS OF CREATIVITY AND GROWTH IN THE MOST UNLIKELY OF PLACES; McDonald's and Its DNA of New Product Development; GROWTH THROUGH FACILITATIVE FUNCTIONS AND CAPABILITIES; Wells Fargo; GROWTH THROUGH SUPPORTIVE FUNCTIONS AND CAPABILITIES; Mobile Banking; REPETITION AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. Wachovia and merger integration. |