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Corporate risk management has traditionally focused on mitigating the
impact of external factors over which a company has no control. But what
about internal factors? Australian School of Business professor Lex
Donaldson has developed Organisational Portfolio Analysis (OPA), a new
approach that identifies the risks within a company's individual
business units and reveals how their fluctuations interact with overall
company risk and performance. OPA can deliver fresh insights into the
dynamics and behaviour of a corporation. By better understanding sources
of corporate risk, they can be managed and used to drive profits.
When a quarter of your workforce is heading for the door, it's time for
some serious strategic thinking. One Australian organisation is tackling
the outflow of thousands of mature-age workers by 2015 with a series of
policy changes and initiatives that not only glean vital information
for the...
Published 05/01/19
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