Includes bibliographical references, appendix, glossary and index.

Risk management : a powerful tool -- Defining and assessing risk -- Managing corporate risk -- Product and service problems : operations and production risk -- Purchasing problems -- Managing health and safety -- Preventing environmental damage -- Protecting against fire -- Maintaining security -- Pre-empting fraud -- Staying financially healthy -- Avoiding IT disaster -- Liability, legal risks and intellectual property -- Market leadership through risk management -- People risks and corporate ethics -- Contingency planning, crisis management, and business continuity -- Introducing a risk management system -- Minimising risk in major projects -- What risks will the future bring?

Computer failure, fire, fraud, robbery, accident, environmental damage, new regulations - business is constantly under threat. In this comprehensive volume, the author shows how to identify and control threats in order to ensure a company's survival.