Organized Uncertainty - Designing a World of Risk Management (Paperback)

Since the mid-1990s risk management has undergone a dramatic expansion in its reach and significance, being transformed from an aspect of management control to become a benchmark of good governance for banks, hospitals, schools, charities and many other organizations. Numerous standards for risk management practice have been produced by a variety of transnational organizations. While these many designs and blueprints are accompanied by ideals of enterprise, value production, and good governance, it is argued that the rise of risk management has also coincided with an intensification of auditing and control processes. The legalization and bureacratization of organizational life has increased because risk management has created new demands for proof and evidence of action. In turn, these demands have generated new risks to reputation.
In short, this important book traces the rise of the managerial concept of risk and the different logics and values which underpin it, showing that it has much less to do with real dangers and opportunities than might be thought, and more to do with organizational accountability and legitimacy.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2008
First published:	April 2009
Authors:	Michael Power
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-954880-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Decision theory > Risk assessment Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Accounting > Management accounting Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Management decision making > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-954880-3
Barcode:	9780199548804

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