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: 9780415509855

ISBN-10: 0415509858

ISBN-13: 9780415509855

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: $68.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 7/5/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 148
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments



The Problem of Conformity in Financial Organizations



The Holistic Risk Management Model (HRMM)


Understanding Multiple Logics: Economic, Social and Ideological



Institutional Risk Management



The Canadian Banking Paradigm



Contrarian Risk Management and Fraud



The Parmalat Fraud



Evolutionary Risk Management



The National Australia Bank Fraud



Evolutionary Risk Management



The Gaspesia Project Fiasco



Contrarian Risk Management



The UBS Sub-prime Meltdown and Case 6: The Sociï¿½tï¿½ Gï¿½nï¿½rale Fraud



Conclusions Regarding the Risk in Risk Management


Notes


Works Cited


Index