Managing Strategic Surprise by Paul Bracken, Ian Bremmer, Dav... - 9780521709606

Managing Strategic SurpriseLessons from Risk Management and Risk Assessment\nAuthor(s): Paul Bracken, Ian Bremmer, David Gordon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521709606, 978-0521709606\nSynopsis\nThe scope and applicability of risk management have expanded greatly over the past decade. Banks, corporations, and public agencies employ its new technologies both in their daily operations and long-term investments. It would be unimaginable today for a global bank to operate without such systems in place. Similarly, many areas of public management, from NASA to the Centers for Disease Control, have recast their programs using risk management strategies. It is particularly striking, therefore, that such thinking has failed to penetrate the field of national security policy. Venturing into uncharted waters, Managing Strategic Surprise brings together risk management experts and practitioners from di.