Authors:Chris Frost, David Allen, James Porter, Philip Blo
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinema
Keywords: operational, risk, shareholder, value, secure, understanding, resilience, minimising
Number of Pages: 306
Published: 2000-12-12
List price: $171.00
ISBN-10: 0750643951
ISBN-13: 9780750643955

Well publicised failures in risk management have appeared with shocking frequency over the past few years. Affected firms can suffer significant commercial damage or even bankruptcy as a result. Only now is there a growing realisation that risk management is a key management responsibility. This book will help turn your firm into a ’risk aware’ organization which will be able to avoid catastrophic loss. It will also enable senior management to make better strategic and operational decisions, thanks to an informed understanding of business hazards.* An insightful guide to one of the

Author: Panel on Operational Test Design and Evaluation of
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: team, combat, stryker, vehicles, report, phase, brigade, interim, testing, operational, evaluation, measurement, design, test, improved
Number of Pages: 124
Published: 2003-06-13
List price: $31.75
ISBN-10: 0309089360
ISBN-13: 9780309089364

Author: Nathan Constantin Leite
Publisher: RAND Corporatio
Keywords: politburo, code, operational
Number of Pages: 118
Published: 2007-09-25
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0833042211
ISBN-13: 9780833042217

This influential study, originally published in 1951, provides insight into the political leadership and foreign policy in the Soviet Union and other communist states; the development of Soviet military strategy and doctrine; and the organization and operation of the Soviet economy. It was the inaugural publication in what was then called 3The RAND Series2 and later became known as RAND1s commercial books series, which aimed to make RAND1s groundbreaking research available to the public. This is a reprint of the original 1951edition.

Author: Ken Delve
Publisher: Greenhill Book
Keywords: history, combat, operational, spitfire, story
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-06-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1853677256
ISBN-13: 9781853677250

To many people, the Spitfire was the embodiment of air fighting during World War II. The Spitfire Story presents a thrilling appraisal of this remarkable aircraft’s fighting capability and the tactics of the pilots who flew it. Using official evaluations and reports, alongside technical and tactical developments, plus the recollections of Spitfire pilots, the book provides an unparalleled insight into the combat career of this legendary plane. Despite some problems with their new aircraft, the Fighter Command pilots of 1940 were generally delighted with the Spitfire � speed, maneuverabil

Author: Gerrit Jan van den Brink
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Keywords: banks, challenge, new, risk, operational
Number of Pages: 174
Published: 2001-12-14
List price: $155.00
ISBN-10: 0333968689
ISBN-13: 9780333968680

Operational risk is one of the oldest risks in the banking sector, and yet regulatory bodies including the Basle Committee are still working on a regulatory framework. Damage control measures introduced by banks have often proved ineffective. The successful management of operational risk will be a significant competitive advantage for banks in the future. This book is a practical guide to achieving control of operational risk. Using qualitative analysis, the author suggests risk identification procedures and provides tools for the analysis, quantification, and management of risk. He goes on to

Author: W. H. Inmon
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: store, data, operational, building
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1999-05-28
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 047132888X
ISBN-13: 9780471328889

The most comprehensive guide to building, using, and managing the operational data store.Building the Operational Data Store, Second Edition.In the five years since the publication of the first edition of this book, the operational data store has grown from an intriguing concept to an exciting reality at enterprise organizations, worldwide. Still the only guide on the subject, this revised and expanded edition of Bill Inmon’s classic goes beyond the theory of the first edition to provide detailed, practical guidance on designing, building, managing, and getting the most of an ODS.With th

Author: John W. Lehman
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: chemistry, organic, operational
Number of Pages: 912
Published: 2008-07-26
List price: $160.20
ISBN-10: 0136000924
ISBN-13: 9780136000921

This comprehensive laboratory text provides a thorough introduction to all of the significant operations used in the organic lab and includes a large selection of traditional-scale experiments and minilabs. Its unique problem-solving approach encourages students to think in the laboratory by solving a scientific problem in the process of carrying out each experiment. � The Fourth Edition contains a new introductory section, �Chemistry and the Environment,� which includes a discussion of the principles of green chemistry. Several green experiments have been added, and some experiments from t