People Risk Management: A Practical Approach to Managing the Human Factors That Could Harm Your Business

Blacker, Keith; McConnell, Patrick

ISBN 10: 0749479191 / ISBN 13: 9780749479190

Published by Kogan Page, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: People Risk Management: A Practical Approach to Managing the Human Factors That Could Harm Your Business
• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749479191
• ISBN 13: 9780749479190
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

People Risk Management provides unique depth to a topic that has garnered intense interest in recent years. Based on the latest thinking in corporate governance, behavioural economics, human resources and operational risk, people risk can be defined as the risk that people do not follow the organization's procedures, practices and/or rules, thus deviating from expected behaviour in a way that could damage the business's performance and reputation. From fraud to bad business decisions, illegal activity to lax corporate governance, people risk - often called conduct risk - presents a growing challenge in today's complex, dispersed business organizations.

Framed by corporate events and challenges and including case studies from the LIBOR rate scandal, the BP oil spill, Lehman Brothers, Royal Bank of Scotland and Enron, People Risk Management provides best-practice guidance to managing risks associated with the behaviour of both employees and those outside a company. It offers practical tools, real-world examples, solutions and insights into how to implement an effective people risk management framework within an organization.

About the Authors

Dr. Keith Blacker is an expert in risk management with nearly thirty years' experience having published many articles in academic and practitioner journals. A former lecturer at Henley Management College he has also consulted to a range of major banking and insurance companies in the UK, Europe and Africa including Lloyds TSB, Bank of Scotland and Santander. He was previously the CFO of a $500m turnover health insurance business and currently serves as non-executive director to a number of organisations.

Dr. Patrick McConnell is currently a Visiting Fellow at Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre (MAFC) in Sydney where he delivers Masters level risk management courses. With over thirty years' experience in IT and risk management, he has consulted to a number of major banks and corporations including Barclays, JP Morgan, Lehman among others and has consulted to the Australian government as Risk Management Subject Matter Expert. He has published many articles on risk and IT in academic and practitioner journals and in 2010, he developed and delivered an ISO 31000 course for a leading standards body.