Risk in Risk Management Financial Organizations and the Problem of Conformity

Name: Risk in Risk Management Financial Organizations and the Problem of Conformity
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ISBN: 9780415509848

ISBN-10: 041550984X

ISBN-13: 9780415509848

Edition: 2014

Authors: Gregory B. Vit

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Banks take very large risks by consistently herding in the same perilous directions while paradoxically believing that they are safe and unique. Gregory Vit suggests that some groups within organizations – including both fraudsters and risk governors – can manage risk by understanding the process of conformity and by going against it to their advantage. This book presents a unique framework that uses four different packages of constructs and organizational logics to understand conformity and deviance within investment banks and other large organizations, and thus to help organizations better manage risk. Furthermore, the book assembles eight case studies of massive risk mismanagement and…

Book details

List price: $105.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 5/10/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 148
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Selected Contents: Introduction



The Problem of Confromity in Financial Organizations



The Holistic Risk Management Model-HRMM



Institutional Risk management



The Canadian Banking Paradigm



Contrarian Risk Management



The Parmalat Fraud



Evolutionary Risk Management



The National Bank of Australia Fraud



Evolutionary Risk Management



The Gaspesia Private-Public Partnership Fiasco



Contrarian Risk Management



The UBS Sub-Prime Meltdown



The SocGen Fraud



Conclusions Regarding the Risk in Risk Management