Leading from Under the Sword of Damocles A Business Leader's Practical Guide to Using Predictive Emulation to Manage Risk and Maintain Profitability /

• Main Authors: Abu el Ata, Nabil (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Drucbert, Annie (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer Vieweg, 2017.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Computers.; Information technology.; Business-Data processing.; Risk management.; Economic theory.; Leadership.; Information Systems and Communication Service.; IT in Business.; Risk Management.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Business Strategy/Leadership.

Globalization trends and the rapid pace of technological innovations have introduced unprecedented change and uncertainty. For unprepared businesses, the drivers of the Fourth Industrial Revolution will become a constant source of surprise and crises will unfold at an ever-increasing rate. To thrive...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Looming Danger: Mismanaging Risk
• Dynamic Complexity: The Cancer of Business
• The Loose Cubic Dilemma
• Meeting Business Targets and Constraints
• the Basics of Universal Risk Managment
• the Challenge: Esacaping the Tunnel Vision, Identifying the Best Path and Evaluating the Reward
• Analytical vs. Numerical Solutions
• Using X-act OBC Platform for Risk Management
• Predictive and Prescriptive Risk Management
• The Predictive Estimation of Dynamic Complexity
• Identifying the Cure for Dynamic Complexity: Improve, Transfor or Disrupt?
• X-Act OBC Platform Metrics Guide the Disruption Decision
• The Prescriptive Analysis: The Three + One Rule
• Getting Started with Universal Risk Management
• X-Act OBC Platform Walk Through
• Using X-Act OBC Platform for Predictive Diagnosis and Prescriptive Treatment of Risk
• Case #1: Managing Corporate Risk, Global Payment Card Processing Company.- Case # 2: Managing Market Erosion Risk, Postal Services.- Case #3: Managing Operational Risk, Global Supply Chain.- Case #4: Managing Risk of Cost Escalation and Service Quality Degradation, National Healthcare Services.- Case #5: Managing Risk of Corporate Integration, Global Financial Institution.- Making a Commitment to Maturing Risk Management
• Index.