Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2008
Publication Source
Internal Auditor
Abstract
Organizations should not only recognize and minimize traditional downside risks, but also embrace upside risks, or opportunities, as a strategy for success. According to a 2005 survey by management consulting firm Booz Allen, 87 percent of the market value lost by large companies with market capitalizations over US $1 billion was the result of strategic and operational blunders. Compliance failure, typically the focus of downside risk, destroyed only 13 percent of market value during the five-year study. Faced with this counter-intuitive finding, companies may wish to pursue a more balanced and positive approach to risk management. Enterprise risk management (ERM) goes beyond mere risk mitigation and compliance--it requires a deep appreciation of upside risks, as well.
Inclusive pages
53-58
ISBN/ISSN
0020-5745
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2008, Institute of Internal Auditors
Publisher
Institute of Internal Auditors
Volume
65
Issue
5
eCommons Citation
Ramamoorti, Sridhar; Watson, Marcia Weidenmier; and Zabel, Mark, "Engineering Value Into Enterprise Risk Management; Six Sigma Techniques Can Improve the Quality of ERM Processes and Enable Organizations to Manage Risks More Successfully" (2008). Accounting Faculty Publications. 87.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/acc_fac_pub/87
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