October 2, 2012 Engaging Business Unit Leaders in Discussing Enterprise Risks Paul Zavolta, Director of ERM at Alpha Natural Resources, provides an overview of how ERM is treated at Alpha Natural Resources. He speaks of how he feels the company’s...
October 2, 2012 Getting Started with ERM Often times executives brush off any ERM initiative by stating they have smart people on the board or on management teams. David Hughes, Assistant VP of ERM and Business Continuity...
October 1, 2012 Managing Risks of the Mobile Enterprise Mobile devices are becoming more and more integral in the workplace today, as they are used for field work, file-sharing, and business processes. With the widespread use of mobiles, and...
June 1, 2012 Super Bowl Embraced ERM Imagine being responsible for managing risks related to the NFL Super Bowl. With the millions of viewers drawn to this event each year, one shudders to think about an event...
June 1, 2012 Categorizing Risks for More Effective Risk Management Organizations often employ a rules-based model to manage risk; however history suggests that such an approach may not be an effective way to manage all types of risk. This Harvard...
May 17, 2012 Sustainability: Considerations that Can’t be Ignored from a Strategic Perspective The topic of sustainability means a host of things to people. Many view it from a “going green” or “social responsibility” perspective. While there is value in considering sustainability related...
May 1, 2012 How to Manage Risks Associated with Organic Growth Strategies A sound approach to organic growth enables an organization to sustain itself through the toughest circumstances in the business environment. The authors of this Harvard Business Review article believe that...
May 1, 2012 Risks Associated with Product Development With over 50 years of experience in advising companies on product development efforts, the authors of this Harvard Business Review article present six flawed assumptions that bring rise to risks associated...
March 1, 2012 Competitive Intelligence: Managing Industry Dissonance Risk and Enhancing Foresight Capabilities As the hyper-competitive nature of the business environment continues to persist, companies find themselves experiencing more and more strategic surprises generated across the competitive landscape. A recent Protiviti thought paper...
November 1, 2011 The ERM Process at Xerium Technologies Part 1 Bonnie Hancock speaks with Fred Caloggero, VP of Audit Services at Xerium Technology, about the ERM process that he helps lead at the company. Many companies look at risk on...
September 1, 2011 Corporate Crisis: What are the Similarities and What Can We Learn? Cass Business School at City University - London researched some of the largest corporate crises of the last decade. While each company faced very different issues, the researchers found common...
June 1, 2011 Assessing ERM Programs An effective enterprise risk management (ERM) program can significantly help an organization see and take action on risks that may be affecting the achievement of their core strategic objectives. Organizations...
April 26, 2011 Increasing Risk Awareness for Mission Critical Objectives of Not-for-Profit Organizations Even though risk management is in the spotlight among for-profit organizations, effective risk oversight is needed for not-for-profit organizations, too. A whitepaper published by the AICPA highlights the relevance of...
April 1, 2011 Keeping Track of “Near Misses” Organizations often find themselves praising the narrow escape of a potentially massively harmful event. An article in The Harvard Business Review describes how your organization can benefit from not simply...
January 3, 2011 Increasing Complexity Creates Challenges for Risk Management Managing complexity is quickly becoming one of the greatest challenges for large organizations today. A whitepaper published by KPMG presents findings related to a study of the causes and impact...
January 3, 2011 Enterprise Risk Management in Higher Education A recent Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges and United Educators survey raises concerns that higher education is lagging behind other industries in considering risks as part of...
December 30, 2010 Climate Change and Sustainability Risks Shifting consumer expectations, greater information access, and enhanced media attention are some of the reasons for growing attention on issues related to climate change and sustainability. With this increasing focus,...
December 21, 2010 Case Study Illustrations of Launching ERM The AICPA’s Business, Industry & Government Team commissioned faculty in the ERM Initiative to develop case study illustrations of how organizations have successfully launched ERM. Case Studies on ERM Implementations:...
December 1, 2010 A Four-Step Risk Approach to Strategy Execution Organizations are seeing the value of adopting a risk-based approach to execute strategies in order to survive in a post-recession world. This approach enables managers to focus on opportunities in...
December 1, 2010 Protecting Your Reputation in Today’s Social Media World A recent article in The Harvard Business Review addresses the importance of protecting corporate reputation in the new age of social media outlets. The article highlights key areas that organizations...