A new book to help senior executives and boards get smart about risk management 
The ability of businesses to survive and thrive often requires unconventional thinking and calculated risk taking. The key is to make the right decisions―even under the most risky, uncertain, and turbulent conditions. In the new book, Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: Creating the Risk Intelligent Enterprise, authors Rick Funston and Steve Wagner suggest that effective risk taking is needed in order to innovate, stay competitive, and drive value creation. Based on their combined decades of experience as practitioners, consultants, and advisors to numerous business professionals throughout the world, Funston and Wagner discuss the adoption of 10 essential and practical skills, which will improve agility, resilience, and realize benefits: <ul>
<li> Challenging basic business assumptions can help identify "Black Swans" and provide first-mover advantage </li> <li> Defining the corporate risk appetite and risk tolerances can help reduce </li> <li> the risk of ruin. </li> <li> Anticipating potential causes of failure can improve chances of survival and success through improved preparedness. </li> <li> Factoring in velocity and momentum can improve speed of response and recovery. </li> <li> Verifying sources and the reliability of information can improve insights for decision making and thus decision quality. </li> <li> Taking a longer-term perspective can aid in identifying the potential unintended consequences of short-term decisions. </li> </ul>

Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: Creating The Risk Intelligent Enterprise

Business & Money

Wagner, Stephen

Funston, Frederick

Management & Leadership

wiley

Sixty-four heroes. One story. Sharon Wells Wagner, author of Red Wells, collaborated with her son, Stephen Wagner, on this extraordinary account of one of history's greatest conflicts: World War II. Told through the eyes of its participants, Ordinary Heroes is a compelling collection of true stories woven into a single narrative spanning the entire war-from the waters of Pearl Harbor to the sands of Normandy to the mountains of Okinawa. The result of more than sixty interviews, this is a story about enlisted men-ordinary men whose families struggled to survive the Great Depression, who grew up on farms and in the small towns of rural America. When called upon to serve they rose to the challenge. In war they saw the best and the worst of humanity. They experienced hope and despair, joy and heartbreak. Those who survived returned home profoundly changed. War leaves its mark on the best of men, and the courageous individuals within these pages are no exception. They did not turn their backs when history needed them most, but met the challenge head on. In doing so they brought peace to a world at war.

Ordinary Heroes: Untold Stories of World War II

Biographies & Memoirs

Wells Wagner, Sharon

Historical

Aperture Press

This life is an extraordinary, profoundly mysterious thing. It’s very easy to forget that in the everyday world of work, stress, troubling headlines, and other worries. Yet every once in a while, remarkable things happen that remind us that there is much more to this existence than we know. From out of nowhere, or perhaps in answer to a whispered prayer, little miracles drop into our lives—quite unexplainable to the rational mind—that signify the interconnectedness of all things. The remarkable, often inspiring true stories in this book are proof that extraordinary things happen to ordinary people—events that sometimes changed their lives forever. They were truly Touched by a Miracle.

Touched by a Miracle

Religion & Spirituality

Worship & Devotion

Publishamerica Inc

Instructor Resources: Instructor Manual and test bank. Consolidations and mergers have dramatically changed the face of the medical practice. From governance issues to information technology, today’s practice managers face a host of new complexities and competing priorities that demand more robust skills and knowledge than ever before. Fundamentals of Medical Practice Management uniquely addresses the educational needs of the modern practice manager. The author, who studied under quality guru W. Edwards Deming, combines a focus on quality and excellence with an important thesis: that working together and putting people first is the best path to success in healthcare. The author argues that win–lose games and quick-fix solutions have begun to deliver diminished returns in healthcare—not only economically but emotionally and societally. Although the book delves into many practical topics, its aim is to shape the reader’s mind-set for a new era of people-focused practice management. Fundamentals of Medical Practice Management covers these areas and more: • Information technology and management • Regulatory issues, law, and practice management • Strategic planning, project management, and marketing • Third-party payers and revenue cycle • Human resources management • Quality and emergency management This book will appeal to a wide range of learners, including those in organizational programs, undergraduate and master of health administration programs, and practice management certificate programs. Its insights will not only prepare those new to the field but also help current practice managers to retool and refocus.

Fundamentals of Medical Practice Management

Medical Books

Administration & Medicine Economics

Health Administration Press

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