Are the levels of information risk management efforts within and between firms correlated with the resilience of the firms to information disruptions? This paper examines the question by considering the results of field studies of information risk management practices at organizations and in supply chains. The organizations investigated differ greatly in the degree of coupling from a general an...

16 Top tips for risk management The second issue of the Clinical Governance Bulletin deals with risk management. Clinical governance, by making chief executives accountable for quality, has been a powerful influence for the introduction of systematic processes and systems to monitor care and thus assure the quality of the care patients receive. Risk management is one of these processes. The imp...

The purpose of this article is to capture the perceptions of knowledge management and intellectual capital in the banking industry. The reason for developing such a study is that little research as clearly addressed both subjects at the same time. After verifying that knowledge management and intellectual capital are identified as different concepts in the banking industry, the final aim of the...

Uncertainty makes economic and project management more difficult for any entity. This is especially true for sovereigns that have experienced substantial financial volatility and shocks throughout the nineties, especially those with substantial debt and commodity price exposures. Furthermore, the development of a strategic approach at the country level for the analysis of that uncertainty has l...

State-of-the-art supply chain management systems can be obtained from the supply chain operations referencemodel for business applications, advancement and practices. Problematic management processes in standard process reference model form improves competitive advantage, communication, dimensions, management, control and alter to a specific purpose among the supply chain management processes. ...

This paper discusses key properties of the N-form corporation or internal network forms of organizing from three mutually related perspectives: structure, knowledge flows and management processes. To operationalize knowledge flows, a key property of N-forms, the paper suggests a new measure, the H/V ratio, to empirically assess the configuration of knowledge flows. The argument is illustrated b...

The current lack of integration of Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC), Innovation, IT and Strategy results in lost opportunities for growth. If a recent KPMG (2011) Report reflects the true picture, less than 10% of businesses today demonstrate full integration of GRC activities with their business strategy. This paper argues for Board level support for better ‘Absorptive Capacity’ across the...

Well established governance, risk and compliance functions have for many years formed a key part of management practice in both the private and public sectors in Australia. A relatively new concept, " GRC " , has emerged, which emphasises on building a closer interrelationship between governance, risk and compliance, and how these functions can be further integrated to increase their effectiven...