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BL
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882633
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Abu El Ata, N., (Nabil),1946-
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Leading from under the sword of Damocles : : a business leader's practical guide to using predictive emulation to manage risk and maintain profitability /\ Nabil Abu el Ata, Annie Drucbert.
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| Publication Statement
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Berlin, Germany :: Springer Vieweg,, 2018.
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1 online resource (xvi, 233 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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3662563002
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: 9783662563007
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3662562995
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9783662562994
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Intro; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgment; Contents; About the Authors; Part I: Using Predictive Emulation to Expose and Control Risk; 1: Introduction; About This Book; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; 2: The Looming Danger: Mismanaging Risk; The Goals Are Obvious, but the Means Are Lacking; Modern Businesses Require Modern Risk Management Practices; 3: Dynamic Complexity: The Cancer of Business; Defining Dynamic Complexity; Dynamic Complexity Creates Business Risk; Exposing Risks Caused by Dynamic Complexity; How Dynamic Complexity Disrupts Business Operations
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Avoiding Dynamic Complexity as a Terminal Diagnosis4: The Loose Cubic Dilemma; Bitcoin and Blockchain; Relational Databases; Overstretch Implementations; Disruption; 5: Meeting Business Targets and Constraints; Deliver Per Plan; Meet Quality Requirements; Deliver at Lowest Cost; Meet Time to Market Demands; Adapt Quickly; Guarantee Uptime; 6: The Basics of Universal Risk Management; X-Act OBC Platform Overview; Causal Deconstruction Method; Emulative Deconstruction Theory; Mathematical Emulation; Perturbation Theory; Dynamic Patterns and Signatures; Dynamic Patterns; Dynamic Signature
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Identifying System Limits and Chaotic ConditionsPractical Use of Dynamic Patterns; Causal Analysis; Stress Testing; Sensitivity Analysis; Optimal Business Control (OBC); Model-Based Architecture (MBA); 7: The Challenge: Escaping the Tunnel Vision, Identifying the Best Path and Evaluating the Reward; Tunnel Vision Handicaps Business Leaders; Many Businesses Have Reached a Dead-end; Identifying the Path to Success; The Importance of Emulation; Building the Right Implementation that Manages Risk for an Optimal Cost; Emulation Versus Simulation; 8: Analytical Versus Numerical Solutions
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Predictive and Prescriptive Risk ManagementThe Process; Building the Necessary Foundation; Placing Risk Under Control; Predictive Diagnosis; Prescriptive Remediation; Avoiding Evolving Risks; 11: The Predictive Estimation of Dynamic Complexity; Degree of Complexity (Dependencies); Complexity Index (Lost Opportunity); Complexity Disruptors (Vector of Causes); 12: Identifying the Cure for Dynamic Complexity: Improve, Transform or Disrupt?; The Cure May Require Disruption; Cases of Disruption; Disruption Through Innovation; Business Disruption; Infrastructure Disruption; Process Disruption
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Using Technology to Achieve an Analytical SolutionWhy an Analytical Approach Is Key to Risk Management; 9: Using X-Act OBC Platform for Risk; Five Ways to Use X-Act OBC Platform to Improve Risk Management Maturity; Discover Risk to Diagnose Problems and Prescribe Solutions; What Information Do We Need for Prescription?; What Universal Risk Management Delivers; Predicting Outcomes, Limits and Conditions of Failure; Prescribing Actions, Execution and Monitoring; Using Option Benchmarking for Management; 10: Business Monitoring: Moving from Understanding to Implementation and Operations
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Risk management.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industrial Management.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Management Science.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Management.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Organizational Behavior.
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Risk management.
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| Dewey Classification
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658.15/5
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| LC Classification
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HD61
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| Added Entry
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Drucbert, Annie
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