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Fundamentals of Enterprise Risk Management: How Top Companies Assess Risk, Manage Exposure, and Seize Opportunity 16582nd Edition

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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: AMACOM; 16582nd edition (August 5, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0814414923
  • ISBN-13: 978-0814414927
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
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4.0 out of 5 starsExcellent Foundation Book for New ERM Managers
By Justin S on February 25, 2011
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I purchased this book to gain foundation knowledge in ERM and Corporate Risk Management. My greatest concern with these types of texts is that they provide tons of theory and little practical application. I selected this book because NC State has it as a suggested reading for its ERM Masters courses.

Bottomline, if you are looking for a book to give you the theory and then provide concrete practical application, this is the book you want. If you are looking for a starting point to get your hands around the major topis of ERM, this is the book you want. Basically, the text allowed me to diagram a future state ERM program for my company, and challenge potential consultants to work with us on the implementation project.

Very well written.
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4.0 out of 5 starsI actually would have given it only 3.5 Stars
By Carl Kirstein on September 19, 2013
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What I really like about this book is the snippets of case studies throughout. Many books talk about what risk managers did wrong, but Hampton talk more about what the risk managers have done right. There are many ways to do something wrong, but not many ways to do something right. This is what tipped the scale for me from 3 stars to 4 stars. What I have also appreciated is that Hampton spent time to write about what the organization should look like to manage risks.

Other than that the book is not contributing much more. It gives average views on the types of risk you could encounter and how to manage a risk database (the Riskonnect tool being developed), with the dependencies between the risks. I feel however that it fell short in the database and dependencies that have been presented. All the risks are treated qualitatively, and as exact/precise figures instead of uncertainties. Also the relationships between the risks are not properly formulated (using formulas or some kind logic such as boolean).

For the case studies alone I would recommend this book, but I would recommend other sources for the risk analysis portions.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe smart side of enterprise risk management
By Rolf Dobelli HALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWER on September 20, 2010
Format: Hardcover
Fully managing enterprise risk means more than insuring against fire, floods and other hazards. Companies commonly have many uninsured exposures to loss from tougher competition, rapid technological change, financial instability and regulatory sanctions. That is why business leaders in growing numbers have adopted enterprise risk management (ERM), a flexible way to identify and respond to a corporation's total range of risks. Not all risks are all bad. Some are worth taking. Firms that practice enterprise risk management can minimize their potential peril while taking their best calculated risks, the ones most likely to increase sales and profits. Enterprise risk management will not eliminate risk. It did not prevent the failures of major financial institutions during the 2008 crisis. But author John J. Hampton cogently upholds the practice, noting that a disciplined, detailed approach is critical to making ERM actually work. He favors a customizable model of risk management - including a central monitoring function - that can work for a company of any size. getAbstract recommends this book to business leaders seeking a more reliable way to identify each meaningful risk, to distinguish good risks from bad ones and to cover their downsides as much as possible.
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5.0 out of 5 starsPractical book
By Valery Vyatkin on September 22, 2009
Format: Hardcover
This book is a systematic description of contemporary Enterprise Risk Management with new methodology. It is so visual and practical showing readers the qualities that managers all over the world need to get a clear idea of ERM and its benefits. Many real cases are included, even from Russia. But the most interesting part is "ERM Technology," a new approach to diagnose and visually present the family of core risks of any business. Supported by the ERM implementing instructions, this methodology makes the book a really practical guide for anyone interested in corporate risks. More than that, ERM realities are analyzed in the clear context of the modern challenges of making decent profits in an honest and ethical framework. Written in a clear language and supported by many illustrations (pictures and stories), I am sure that the book of Professor J. Hampton will be highly valuable to risk managers, general managers, and students of business globally.

Valery N. Vyatkin,
2003-2005 First Vice President
Russian Risk Management Society (RusRisk)
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4.0 out of 5 starsAn advance in the field
By James Barrese on September 10, 2009
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The activities described as risk management have been evolving over the past decades. Ask a finance person what risk management is and you will hear about hedging by diversification through financial instruments such as derivatives and stock pools. Ask an insurance person the same question and you will hear about insurance products. More recently accountants weight in with COSO and with discussions about governance and internal controls. IT-people think they are the risk managers of an enterprise. The logical path for all of these views is that there is, or needs to be, a central management function that has as a goal the optimization of a single ultimate metric of the success of the enterprise. Can the risk of loss from business interruption when a plant burns be hedged with insurance? Of course. Can the financial consequence also be hedged with a financial instrument other than insurance? Again, yes. But firm managers who strategically locate a set of plants in different areas also hedge the risk. The point is that there are many ways to manage the risk of an enterprise and a discussion that focuses too heavily on one approach does not advance the evolution of knowledge. Jack Hampton's text provides an advance in the evolving field of enterprise risk management. There is a heavy focus on the insurance and finance portions of the picture but just as all enterprises differ, there is no fixed answer to how to correctly weight the tools of risk management; it is an advance that he provides a picture of the variety of tools and how they should be used in combination.

J. Barrese
Chair, School of Risk Management
St. John's University
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 starsGreat book for the Risk Manager

Great book and well written. I loved the simple language and real world examples

Published 8 months ago by Z_izm
3.0 out of 5 starsFun but useless

This book is a collection of stories and surveys. Although it might be usefull for idea generation purposes and as a general weekend read , I found it useless in my practice as a... Read more

Published 22 months ago by Dmitri
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Read

Learning a lot through the courses Professor Hampton teaches and this is yet another fun course and read by Professor Hampton.

Published on December 19, 2013 by A.B.
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent read very thorough!

If you are learning more about Enterprise Risk Management this is a must read! The book has real-life examples that suggest strategic ways in building an effective ERM model.

Published on October 30, 2010 by J. Lugo
4.0 out of 5 starsNew Insights on Enterprise Risk

For the past three years, MBA candidates at Saint Peter's College have worked on various classroom and research projects within the realm of risk management. Read more

Published on September 17, 2009 by Joyce M. Henson
4.0 out of 5 starsAccessible and practical guide to ERM

The book takes the mystery out of ERM, offering an accessible, clear cut guide to incorporating ERM into the ongoing business of running a business. Read more

Published on September 1, 2009 by J. Abraham
4.0 out of 5 starsERM in Action

Dr. Hampton's new book on ERM is a breath of fresh air for the world of risk practitioners. So few good and useful texts are written in support of ERM best practices. Read more

Published on August 31, 2009 by Chris Mandel

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