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Risk Management
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6 pages in length. The writer discusses the importance of risk management, the significance of the senior manager, the influence of risk culture and technology's impact. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCriskm.doc

Risk Management / Comparing Private & Public Sector
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A 20 page paper that provides an overview of risk management in both public and private sector operations as it relates to budgeting and fiscal aspects. Bibliography lists 24 sources.
Filename: Riskprof.wps

Risk Management / McDonald's Restaurant & Southwest Airlines
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This 8 page paper explores different aspects of risk management, in general as well as those affecting these two disparate companies. The writer offers a generic process of strategic risk management planning for both companies. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Riskmd.doc

Risk Management at Southwest
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This 12 page paper looks at risk exposure and management within a large airline company. The paper is written in three parts, the first part looks at the types of risks that Southwest are exposed to, categorizing them into asset exposures, personnel exposures, liability exposures and consequential loss exposures. The second part of the paper looks at the controls that are in place to reduce or mitigate the risk. The last part of the paper discusses whether the firm is doing a good job of risk management. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TESWrisk.rtf

Risk Management Exercise: Personal Information Assets at Home
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An 11 page paper discussing the risk to which personal information is subjected at home. Home is the primary repository for personal information for most people. The paper provides an inventory of the types of personal information held in a single home that also houses a business and a graduate student, followed by assessment of the risks to that information and a security plan intended to control those risks. The plan follows that of the “Risk Management Guide for Information Technology Systems,” Special Publication 800-30 of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NISTA), identifying information assets; assigning a loss value to each; and identifying vulnerabilities and the likelihood of each to arrive at a risk-rating factor for each item. The paper concludes with a security plan for those items at greatest risk. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSriskAssesHom.rtf

Risk Management Function in Corporate and Military Settings
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A 30 page paper examining the function of various types of risk management in corporate and military settings. Though the activities associated with the practice of risk management are the same regardless of the environment in which risk assessment is accomplished, approach to and use of the information can vary significantly between corporate and governmental organizations. Each type of organization has different goals and different constraints; each faces different pressures that may be unknown to the other. The military also has an advantage of absolute commitment for a specific period of time, an advantage that the private sector will never know. These basic differences in form and mandate result in several fundamental differences in the way that corporate and military entities use risk management within their organizations. Includes an abstract, outline and table of contents. Bibliography lists 22 sources.
Filename: KSriskMgmCorMil.rtf

RISK MANAGEMENT IDENTIFICATION
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This 3-page paper is an example of a risk management plan and includes deciding on and prioritizing risk, determining what resources should be placed toward risk and the importance of reviewing the plan.
Filename: MTmanris.rtf

Risk Management in Joint Ventures
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An 11 page paper discussing some of the conditions from which organizations involved in international joint ventures must protect themselves. Business has a more global focus now than at any time in the past. While that global presence contributes to the success of all segments of a specific organization, it also enhances the need for astute risk management. Aside from the normal fluctuations of the business cycle, international joint ventures also can be affected in their success through currency fluctuations, economic health of the host country and local political stability. Business entry into a new national market in the form of an international joint venture is in itself a measure of risk management, in that neither party bears the full weight of the risks associated with the new venture. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Jointven.doc

Risk Management in the Airline Industry Using Derivatives
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This 19 page paper consider the use of derivatives such as futures and option used as hedging to reduce exposure to risk in the airline industry. The paper considers the way they are used and undertakes primary research to ascertain if there is any link between the use of derivatives, the level of profit, the level of liabilities and executive salaries. This is undertaken with regression analysis and a chi squared test. The conclusion assesses the value of these tools to airlines. Airlines discussed include Northwest, Southwest, Delta, Continental, American Airlines and British Airways. The bibliography cites 30 sources.
Filename: TEairderv.rtf

RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY
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This 10-page paper focuses on risk management in the energy industry. Although a good deal of the focus is on commodity swaps, other forms are listed as well. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTrienin.rtf