Organized uncertainty : designing a world of risk management /
By: Power, Michael
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BookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008, c2007.Description: xviii, 248 p ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780199548804 (pbk.); 0199548803Subject(s): Uncertainty | Risk management | Economics | Reasoning | Risk management | EconomicsDDC classification: 338.5 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
Examines how increasing standards for risk management in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century have coincided with heightened auditing and control processes and created new risks based on demands for proof and evidence of action.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 338.5 PO OR (Browse shelf) | Available | T0037300 |
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Incudes bibliographical references (p. [204]-232) and index.
Organized uncertainty : an introduction -- Turning organizations inside out : the rise of internal control -- Standardizing risk management : making up processes and people -- Putting categories to work : the invention of operational risk -- Governing reputations : the outside comes in -- Making risk auditable : legalization and organization -- Designing a world of risk management.
Examines how increasing standards for risk management in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century have coincided with heightened auditing and control processes and created new risks based on demands for proof and evidence of action.
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