The main objective of the paper is to discuss how indicators and metrics can be used in risk management. In introduction, there are presented some general ideas about enterprise risk management and its implementation using key risk indicators (KRIs). In Section, there are presented several definitions for KRI and the steps which must be followed for implementing a set of KRI. In Section 2, it i…
Although strategic management of R&D portfolios is common practice in private sector R&D, government R&D management tends to be more discrete and ad hoc, focusing on generating maximum output from individual projects. Often, there is no clear notion of the desired public sector output.Whereas private sector R&D evaluation is generally straightforward, with the function of R&D being measured…
The purpose of this research is to introduce structures of strategic management of technology as elements in a conceptual framework. Design/methodology/approach: The approach of this study is abductive. The original framework is expanded and validated through inference to findings of large and small to medium-sized enterprise practices through interviews, finally ending on theory matching. …
Introduction With the changing business environment brought on by events such as the global financial crisis, gone are the days of focussing only on operational and tactical risk management. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), a framework for a business to assess its overall exposure to risk (both threats and opportunities), and hence its ability to make timely and well informed decisions…
The field of business policy/strategic management has offered a variety of frameworks and concepts during the last half century, many aimed at “taking business and its management seriously.” Research conferences and resulting books and journals have provided intellectual momentum, augmented by stimulation from challenges to “conventional wisdom” experienced in the global market. Almost …
Abstract: It is important to identify, measure, analyze and monitor risks such that risks can be properly managed with appropriate risk management decisions and actions to be taken on a timely basis. This paper describes ways to identify and measure various types of risks for management purpose. It suggests methods that can be used to report and/or integrate measurements of different types…
Managing is one of the most important human activities. From the time human beings began forming social organizations to accomplish aims and objectives they could not accomplish as individuals, managing has been essential to ensure the coordination of individual efforts. As society continuously relied on group effort, and as many organized groups have become large, the task of managers has…
This is a book on strategic brand management. It capitalises on the success of the former three editions. As far as we understand from our readers worldwide (marketers, advertisers, lawyers, MBA students and so on), this success was based on six attributes which we have of course maintained: l Originality. Strategic Brand Management is quite different from all the other books on brand manag…
This project was commissioned by COSO, which is dedicated to providing thought leadership through the development of comprehensive frameworks and guidance on enterprise risk management, internal control, and fraud deterrence designed to improve organizational performance and governance and to reduce the extent of fraud in organizations. COSO is a private sector initiative, jointly sponsored…
This paper was first written when I was head of Strategic Planning & Manage-ment Services at Educational Testing Service (ETS). It examines the words and terms making up its title and presents them in a way intended to make them useful tools for those charged with related duties
In December 2012, the Economist Intelligence Unit carried out a global survey on behalf of KPMG International. This survey gathered data from 1,092 respondents around the world in a closed-ended online questionnaire. All were C-level executives: 28 percent were Chief Executive Officers or equivalent and 18 percent were Chief Financial Officers, the two largest groups. Five percent were Chief Ri…