CHAPTER 17
Risk Management
In this chapter, you will
- Discover the purpose of risk management and an approach to manage risk effectively
- Learn the differences between qualitative and quantitative risk assessment
- See, by example, how both approaches are necessary to manage risk effectively
- Review important definitions and tools
Risk management can best be described as a decision-making process. In the simplest terms, when you manage risk, you determine what could happen to your business, you assess the impact if it were to happen, and you decide what you could do to control that impact as much as you or your management deems necessary. You then decide to act or not to act, and, finally, you evaluate the results of your decision. The process ...
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