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A number of guidelines for Psychosocial Risk Management in organizations have been proposed in recent decades; however, some reviews on the subject also highlights that the terms Stress and Psychosocial Risks (PRs) are not mentioned explicitly in most pieces of legislation, leading to lack of clarity on the terminology used. To improve the way of dealing with this type of vulnerability and to allow organizations to successfully manage PRs, this work proposes and characterizes a workable problem-solving method in which the PRs can be evaluated for the entropy they generate within the organization. The analysis and development of such a system is based on a series of logical formalisms for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning that are grounded on Logic Programming, complemented with an Artificial Neural Network approach to computing.

Problems of managing risks of partnership in banks taking into account the new Central Bank of Russia document "On Organization of Internal Control in Credit Organizations and Bank Groups" are considered in the article. It is pointed out that effective bank risk management including risks of partnership сan be realized only under condition of bona fide competition. Functioning of banks in competitive environment is impossible without risks, their monitoring allows to become competitive on the banking services market if various "black lists" and other unsound negative information leading to lowering the level of liquidity of a credit organization are absent. Methods of managing risks of partnership that become all the more complex under the influence of technological innovations (in particular, the development of operations with credit derivatives) are also analyzed.

The presence of biological agents in the workplace may result in hazardous situations for workers. The present study was carried out in the microbiology laboratory of a Medical School and the methodology was based on the qualitative method presented in the Technical Note of Spanish Prevention (NTP 833) and the Accompanied Method of Biological Risk Management (MAGRB). It was concluded that the MAGRB allows to distinguish and prioritize the risk associated to the different operations as a whole, taking into account safety conditions and practices, if evaluation parameters defined in the legislation of bio-logical agents are met, something that the International method (NTP 833) does not allow doing so effectively. As the focus of worker protection, the MAGRB provides the necessary guidelines to trigger a prevention structure in all ac-tivities likely to be exposed to biological agents. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

This book is the English edition of the German third edition, which has proven to be a standard work on the subject of risk management. The English edition extends the scope of use to the English-language bachelor's and master's degree courses in economics and for potential use (especially as a reference work) in the professional practice of risk management. The subject of the book is company-wide risk management based on the Value at Risk concept. This includes quantitative and qualitative risk measurement, risk analysis based on the RoRaC and various management tools for risk control. Other topics covered are the peculiarities of the various risk types, e.g. risk management of the effects of climate change, the global financial crisis and risk reporting. The book is rounded off by a comprehensive case study, in which all aspects are summarized. The volume is thus an indispensable standard work for students and practitioners

Wildfires impact the outcomes of forest management plans. Addressing that impact is thus critical for effective forest ecosystem management planning. This paper presents research on the use of multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) methods that integrate wildfire risk in planning contexts characterized by multiple objectives. Specifically, an a posteriori preference modeling approach is developed that adds wildfire criteria to a set of objectives representing ecosystem services supply values. Wildfire risk criteria are derived from stand-level wildfire occurrence and damage models as well as from the characteristics of neighboring stands that may impact wildfire probability and spread. A forested landscape classified into 1976 stands is used for testing purposes. The management planning criteria include the carbon stock, harvest volumes for three forest species, the volume of the ending inventory, and resistance to wildfire risk indicators. Results show the potential of multiple criteria decision making methods to provide information about trade-offs between wildfire risk and the supply of provisioning (timber) as well as regulatory (carbon) ecosystem services. This information may contribute to the effectiveness of forest ecosystem management planning. ; European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme; Portuguese Science Foundation.

This book introduces the fundamentals of retail credit risk management, provides a broad and applied investigation of the related modeling theory and methods, and explores the interconnections of risk management with other firm operations and industry regulation. The focus on retail (private individuals and small-medium enterprises) and the constant reference to the implications of the financial crisis for credit risk management, make the book distinctive. Furthermore, the involvement of academics, regulators and professionals from major global banks and consulting firms provides a global focus on the right balance between theory and applications. This book is aimed at MBA/Executive students who are planning to move into a career in professional credit risk management, and for professional risk managers looking for quantitative and updated methods of measurement and management in the area of retail credit risk.

Risk Quantification and Allocation Methods for Practitioners offers a practical approach to risk management in the financial industry. This in-depth study provides quantitative tools to better describe qualitative issues, as well as clear explanations of how to transform recent theoretical developments into computational practice, and key tools for dealing with the issues of risk measurement and capital allocation.

In spite of the maturity reached by many of the methods used in risk assessment and risk management, broad consensus has not been established on fundamental concepts and principles. The risk fields still suffer from a lack of clarity on many key scientific pillars. The purpose of this article is to point to this situation and through some illustrating examples discuss the challenges that the fields here face. Moreover, the purpose of the article is to reflect on how to improve the present situation and enhance the risk fields. We argue that the establishment of some common scientific pillars as well as a strong and continuous research focus on foundational issues are critical success factors. The article specifically addresses the role of the peer‐reviewed journals and the international standards in the fields. We hope that the article can contribute to a revitalization of the discussion of foundational issues in risk assessment and risk management.

This book presents practical Risk Management and Trading applications for the Electricity Markets. Various methodologies developed over the last few years are considered and current literature is reviewed. The book emphasizes the relationship between trading, hedging and generation asset management.