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After many years of continuous development, operational risk
management can now be regarded as an important and independent
management discipline in its own right. It is a value-adding
activity that has a direct or indirect impact on the bottom-line
performances of organisations. It is fundamentally concerned with
good governance and involves consistent alertness and continuous
improvement. As a result, it is essential for business managers at
all levels to understand the concept of operational risk management
and its methodologies. Operational risk management will assist
organisations to develop and implement an operational risk
management process that will support the achievement of business
objectives in a way that proactively addresses risk exposures and
identifies potential business opportunities. In addition,
Operational risk management attempts to bridge the gap that exists
between some of the theoretical concepts of operational risk and
the practical implementation. It deals firstly with the development
phases of operational risk, and then illustrates the effective
application of an operational risk management process. It also
discusses relevant issues in the field and how to deal with risk
exposures that could disrupt business processes and systems, with
the achievement of business objectives and with the wellbeing of
employees. Operational risk management is aimed at students, as
well as at managers interested in the management of operational
risk.
Operational risk management is fast becoming an independent
management discipline in its own right. As such, it is crucial for
risk managers to understand the concept and make use of available
management methods to ensure a streamlined management process. It
is therefore imperative to implement a framework for the
development of a risk management culture, the introduction of a
strategic risk management process and an effective risk management
governance structure. Operational risk management effectively
identifies and evaluates operational risk exposures, as well as the
development and implementation of control measures, the costs of
risks and the continuous monitoring of processes within the
business environment from a risk management perspective -
communicating the relevant concepts and the implementation of a
practical approach to operational risk management. Contents include
the following: Recognising operational risk exposures; Formulating
mitigating action plans; Allocating responsibilities for the
management of action plans; Improving control measures on a
proactive basis; Reducing operating losses; Improving insurance
management; Ensuring accurate risk reporting and disclosure;
Improving shareholder value; Becoming a risk stable organisation;
Ensuring a realistic risk appetite. Operational risk management is
aimed at banking, financial management and economics students, as
well as organisations interested in the management of operational
risk.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Body rites as a holistic healing journey, anchored in the practice
of decolonising healing and reclaiming body sovereignty, reaches
back into indigenous roots and land-based healing. It centres
remembering as a means of survival. This workbook is the first of
its kind: a resource of rituals divided into four healing journeys
for Black women, femmes and nonbinary survivors of sexual assault.
The experiential workbook moves beyond prescriptive self-help
models by providing a gentle guide and liaison to explore the
impact of sexual trauma on the mind, body, heart and spirit. It is
an invitation to heal holistically, drawing upon psychophysiology,
lived body wisdom, trauma-informed embodiment practices, kinship
and ancestral connections, and African spiritual practices. Most
urgently, this book is a series of intimate conversations with your
“self”; and remembrance that healing lives at the core of your
intuition.
This book provides an overview of the types, sources, and
applications of stem cells in regenerating various ocular tissues,
with a perspective on both potential applications of stem cells and
possible challenges. The scope of the chapters include both
preclinical and clinical applications, including stem cell-derived
therapies based on endogenous tissue repair; stem cell
transplantation and cell replacement therapy; gene therapy; and in
vitro disease modelling. Additionally, the volume presents
applications in both anterior and posterior ocular disease, with a
particular focus on diseases of the ocular surface, cornea, limbus,
and retina, including inherited retinal dystrophies as well as
acquired diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration.
Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Therapy for the Eye is an ideal
book for advanced researchers in stem cell and ocular biology as
well as clinical ophthalmologists, and will be of interest to
readers with backgrounds in developmental biology and
bioengineering. This book also Skillfully reviews cutting-edge
advances in stem cell biology as applied to regenerative medicine
and ocular disease Provides expert viewpoints on key hurdles and
challenges to successful implementation of stem cell-derived
therapies in the clinical domain Offers a multi-disciplinary, broad
understanding of cell-based therapies for ocular diseases by
incorporating perspectives from biomedical scientists, physicians,
and engineers Examines the connection between cell therapy and gene
editing, in particular relation to ocular disease
Few themes in post-war British foreign policy feature more
prominently than relations with the European Union, which
themselves have been shaped, to a large extent, by relations with
France. Yet, most accounts of bilateral relations between these two
countries focus either on background factors to the relationship,
or else on contacts at the highest level, between presidents and
prime ministers. It is easy to overlook the importance of the
resident embassy as the institution that handles day-to-day
contacts between them. This collection of essays charts and
analyses the activities of British Ambassadors in Paris, from the
Second World War to the advent of Margaret Thatcher's government.
It combines an examination of policy with a consideration of the
role of individual envoys and provides a case study of the
significance of the permanent mission to modern diplomatic
practice.
Social computing concerns the study of social behavior and context
based on computational systems. Behavioral modeling reproduces the
social behavior, and allows for experimenting with and deep
understanding of behavior, patterns, and potential outcomes. The
pervasive use of computer and Internet technologies provides an
unprecedented environment where people can share opinions and
experiences, offer suggestions and advice, debate, and even conduct
experiments. Social computing facilitates behavioral modeling in
model building, analysis, pattern mining, anticipation, and
prediction. The proceedings from this interdisciplinary workshop
provide a platform for researchers, practitioners, and graduate
students from sociology, behavioral and computer science,
psychology, cultural study, information systems, and operations
research to share results and develop new concepts and
methodologies aimed at advancing and deepening our understanding of
social and behavioral computing to aid critical decision making.
This collection of essays focuses Britain's role in global affairs
since the Second World War. The essays cover a broad field, from
relations with Japan and China, through European and African
developments, to defence planning in Whitehall. They include also
political, economic, defence, ideological and religious dimensions
and, even, 'futurology'. The essays in the collection offer fresh
insights and new interpretations of the way in which a weakened
Britain conducted its foreign policy in order to protect its
interests and retain influence in international affairs. The book
presents readers with wide-ranging perspectives on Britain and the
World in the Cold War and post-Cold War eras, based on the latest
available evidence. This collection of essays, along with the
accompanying volume covering the period from Gladstone to
Churchill, is published in memory of Saki Dockrill.
James Baldwin's Understanding of God: Overwhelming Desire and Joy
focuses on Baldwin's experiences as a gifted black writer who
fought valiantly against racism and wrote openly about homosexual
relationships. Baldwin's God is a 'mysteriously impersonal' force
he calls love- 'something . . . like a fire, like the wind,
something which can change you.' For Baldwin, 'To be with God is
really to be involved with some enormous, overwhelming desire, and
joy, and power which you cannot control, which controls you.' He
writes, 'I conceive of my own life as a journey toward something I
do not understand, which in the going toward, makes me better. I
conceive of God, in fact, as a means of liberation and not a means
to control others.'
Young covers James Baldwin's life from his mid-teens to his death
through accounts and analyses of his essays and novels. Sometimes
his 'theology' - what he has to say about his 'God' - comes
straight from his text; other times Young deduces it from his
non-fiction prose and the implications of his novels and their
protagonists. Josiah Young places those works in the context of
several historic events that were taking place in the United States
at that time.
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