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Public Sector Leadership in Assessing and Addressing Risk explores
risk management in practice, taking a specific focus on the
identification of risks in the European public sector while
contextualising its Eurocentric analysis within a global setting.
The volume lays important groundwork for understanding the main
philosophical premises of risk management. Navigating the text's
philosophical underpinnings such as 'Risk Management is a
misnomer', the editors provide deep insight into global, strategic,
and operational risk management that will prove invaluable for any
practitioner. Providing high quality academic research, ESFIRM
provides a platform for authors to explore, analyse and discuss
current and new financial models and theories, and engage with
innovative research on an international scale.
Challenges destabilize the norm and create distresses and
disruptions in, for example, the culture, the technology,
regulations, the environmental, etc. that influence the pace of
finance and economic activities. This book is a collection of 13
chapters and studies about Insurance and Risk management in
response to disruptions caused by social, economic, and
environmental challenges to try and stabilize the economy in an
effort to ensure sustainability. Insurance and Risk Management for
Disruptions in Social, Economic and Environmental Systems brings
together studies from scholars, researchers and professionals with
different disciplinary backgrounds to highlight discuss and
exchange ideas on these challenges, which may seem a danger, but
offer prospects for economic and business development. Books in the
Emerald Studies In Finance, Insurance, And Risk Management series
collect quantitative and qualitative studies in areas relating to
finance, insurance, and risk management. Subjects of interest may
include banking, accounting, auditing, compliance, sustainability,
behaviour, management, and business economics.
Our current economic systems have become addicted to growth at all
costs, as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP). They assume
that GDP growth is synonymous with increased wellbeing and
prosperity. However, this approach has led to growing inequality,
an escalating climate crisis, and the depletion of natural and
social capital. Our approach to economics and development needs to
be fundamentally transformed. New Challenges for Future
Sustainability and Wellbeing is a collection of 25 studies about
sustainability and the related challenges, such as income, wealth,
social aspects, the environment, education and regional equality
that influence the pace of economic development and deteriorates
well-being of people and organisations all over the world. This
book provides a platform for scholars, researchers and
professionals from different disciplinary backgrounds to discuss,
highlight and exchange ideas on these challenges and prospects for
both economic and business development.
Financial Derivatives have long been the subject of conflicting
views. For some, they are a useful instrument, too often maligned
by those who do not understand them; for others, they are a
complete waste of time and money. But which is it? Should we
embrace financial derivatives, or fear them? In Financial
Derivatives: A Blessing or a Curse? Simon Grima and Eleftherios I.
Thalassinos rigorously explore the theory and debates surrounding
this controversial topic. First exploring the perceived problems
and the uses of derivatives, they study and evaluate the people who
use financial derivatives; the impacts of derivatives use; and
examples of safe use of derivatives. Looking at real-world
examples, Grima and Thalassinos include public case studies on
financial firms such as Barings Bank PLC, Allied Irish Bank, and
Societe Generale, as well as non-financial firms including
Metallgesellschaft AG and Enron. Through these case studies, the
roots of firm failure and large losses become clear, asking whether
it is the misuse of this financial instrument, rather than the
derivatives instrument itself, that is the cause. For students and
researchers in finance, or practitioners involved in trading,
regulating, or auditing, this is a fundamental text exploring a
controversial and relevant concept.
We live in a globalized world in which children live in extreme
poverty, experience stunted growth, are denied access to education,
live as refugees, are subjected to violence, are employed as
unskilled workers and even face threats from terror organizations.
Drawing attention to these critical challenges, this edited
collection develops holistic solutions towards achieving improved
conditions and rights of children globally. Taking an
interdisciplinary perspective spanning disciplines such as
psychology, geography, history, philosophy, theology, education,
social law and literature, Being a Child in a Global World includes
over twenty chapters which delve into the concept and place of the
child in the social order, as well as economic, humanitarian, and
political dimensions. Featuring authorship from around the world,
and combining the perspectives and knowledge of different
disciplines, this edited collection is a truly ground-breaking and
comprehensive multidisciplinary study. Providing answers to an
urgent challenge of our time, the collection is a must-read for
scholars who are interested in the global condition of childhood.
The customer problem in the public sector appears when too many
processes are in place and staff volumes are too large to adapt to
sudden change. As situations evolve and solutions are required,
public managers are faced with an overload of information for
decision-making, as normal day-to-day policy is overlooked to
accommodate management by crisis. Generally, emergency situations
call for effective steps to be taken, constrained by short time
frames and a dispersed public workforce. Managing teams require
structure in their response to an evolving crises, which is
generally a difficult position to attain when information and
resources are limited. Protocol and response plans are only
activated in extreme crises, leaving a gap in response when
overload has been reached but is not within the stipulated margins.
Recognition at this stage is important if successful outcomes are
to be achieved. This book proposes an 8-point model, which it
labels the DALI Model, for responding to these situations, to
simplify and synthesize decision-making processes.
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