Author: Burt Edwards
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: handbook, management, credit
Number of Pages: 561
Published: 2004-07
List price: $175.00
ISBN-10: 0566085852
ISBN-13: 9780566085857

Author: Phil Griffiths
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: auditing, based, risk
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2005-10-30
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0566086522
ISBN-13: 9780566086526

The role of internal audit is changing. The Sarbanes Oxley legislation in the US and the Combined Code for Corporate Governance in the UK focused on the need to demonstrate the active management of risks and report on this subject to shareholders. Boards of Directors are therefore increasingly requiring their internal audit functions to provide a much higher level of assurance in this regard. Phil Griffiths’ "Risk-Based Auditing" explains the concepts and practice behind a risk-based approach to auditing. He explores the changing environment in both the private and public sectors and the

Author: Nicholas Beale
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: action, investors, directors, engagement, constructive
Number of Pages: 286
Published: 2005-10-01
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0566087111
ISBN-13: 9780566087110

The relationships between investors, directors and companies have never been so vital, or so confusing. Gone are the days when being a non-executive director (NED) meant an agreeable lunch and when CEOs wanted them to meet investors ’over my dead body’. Even the most admired companies can be engulfed in scandal and the NEDs find themselves having to drive through fundamental changes. The corporate environment is full of pitfalls for unwary boards. And there are plenty of headline stories of directors who have failed to measure up. Equally, a high quality board which has the confide

Author: David James
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: systems, assessing, shelf, implementing, selecting, information, buying
Number of Pages: 138
Published: 2004-02
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0566085593
ISBN-13: 9780566085598

Most organizations purchase off-the-shelf, computer-based systems to help them perform their day-to-day business activities. Sadly, many of the purchases fail to live up to expectations. This book provides a "blueprint" of what to cover in the early stages of the procurement process so as to prevent the recurring problem of information systems projects that run over budget and over time, and yet under-perform. The questions the book answers are simple but fundamental: where to find advice, who should be involved, how to manage the purchase, how to decide what you need, which package or supplie

Author: Abby Day Peters
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: funding, research, winning
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2003-08
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0566084597
ISBN-13: 9780566084591

The ability to produce valid research has never been more crucial to the academic community, but how do you go about getting the funding for such projects? How do you identify which funding organisations are likely to be sympathetic to your needs, and convince them that they will benefit from funding you? Abby Day Peters guides you step by step through the process of focusing your research and identifying your funding partner to provide the very best chance of success. But, perhaps more importantly, she also goes on to explain how to build and maintain a relationship with the partner, thereby

Authors:David Hillson, Ruth Murray-Webster,
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: attitude, risk, managing, understanding
Number of Pages: 182
Published: 2005-07-01
List price: $94.95
ISBN-10: 0566086271
ISBN-13: 9780566086274

David Hillson’s and Ruth Murray-Webster’s Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude will help you understand the human aspects of risk management and to manage proactively the influence of human behaviour on the risk process. The authors introduce a range of models, perspectives and examples to define and detail the range of possible risk attitudes; looking both at individuals and groups. Using leading-edge thinking on self-awareness and emotional literacy they develop a powerful approach to address the most common shortfall in current risk management: the failure to manage the huma

Author: Jane Saunder
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Keywords: function, new, planning, design, service
Published: 2009-08-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0754681610
ISBN-13: 9780754681618

For many years now, both private and public sector organizations have been dealing with the challenges of how best to improve corporate performance. HR has not escaped this scrutiny. The very same businesses that have spent recent years cost cutting, restructuring and streamlining, are putting the pressure on the HR ’overhead’ to prove that it is not just a cost centre but a function that provides added value through alignment to business needs and aspirations. The traditional, transaction-based HR service must, however, still be delivered. Understanding how to combine a renewed st