Risk Assessment and Decision Making in Business and Industry: A Practical Guide - Hardcover

Risk Assessment and Decision Making in Business and Industry: A Practical Guide presents an accessible treatment of the procedures and technologies involved in designing and building risk-assessment processes and models.
Areas examined include:

brokerage-house portfolio management

legal decision making

construction

oil/gas exploration

environmental assessments

engineering

marketing

government

manufacturing
The entire volume is presented as a narrative, keeping statistical jargon to a minimum and explaining all concepts, techniques, and processes in a straightforward manner.
The author emphasizes that the technical aspects of a risk-assessment and decision-making effort are secondary to the cultural, organizational, and interpersonal facets of establishing a framework.
"Practical" is the operative term throughout the text. Risk Assessment and Decision Making in Business and Industry: A Practical Guide enables readers who are not risk experts to effect an easy execution of the risk model building effort.

This is an easy-to-understand resource for risk assessment and decision making of all types. "The Practical Guide to Risk Assessment and Decision Making" presents an accessible treatment of the procedures and technologies involved in designing and building risk-assessment processes and models. Areas examined include: brokerage-house portfolio management; legal decision making; construction; oil/gas exploration; environmental assessments; engineering; marketing; government; and manufacturing.The entire volume is presented as a narrative, keeping statistical jargon to a minimum and explaining all concepts, techniques, and processes in a straightforward manner. The author emphasizes that the technical aspects of a risk-assessment and decision-making effort are secondary to the cultural, organizational, and interpersonal facets of establishing a framework. "Practical" is the operative term throughout the text. "The Practical Guide to Risk Assessment and Decision Making" enables readers who are not risk experts to effect an easy execution of risk model building effort.