Managing Risk and Performance: A Guide for Government Decision Makers

332 Pages·2014·5.166 MB·English

by  Thomas Stanton, Douglas W. Webster

Praise for Managing Risk and Performance: A Guide for
Government Decision Makers
“Doingnothingrarelypreventsariskfrommaterializing.Stanton
andWebsterhavegivengovernmentmanagersaclear,comprehen-
sive,actionableroadmaptheycanusetoorganizeandmanageto
anticipate and mitigate risks that put their missions in jeopardy.
Managing Risk and Performance: A Guide for Government Deci-
sionMakerstakeslessonslearnedfromeffectiveriskmanagement
in the private and public sectors and gives executives a blueprint
for using those lessons to bring about a new focus on enterprise
riskmanagementinfederalagenciesandotherorganizations.The
benefits of this approach are immense. The consequences of inac-
tion are potentially catastrophic.”
—Robert J. Shea, Chairman, National Academy of
Public Administration and former Associate
Director for Management at the Office of
Management and Budget

Managing
Risk and
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Managing
Risk and
Performance
A Guide for Government
Decision Makers
THOMAS H. STANTON
DOUGLAS W. WEBSTER
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Managingriskandperformance:aguideforgovernmentdecisionmakers/[editedby]
ThomasH.Stanton,DouglasW.Webster.
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978-1-118-84180-8(ePub)—ISBN978-1-118-70423-31(oBook).Riskmanagement.
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