THE CURRENT BANK CRISIS is only a first indication of a serie of coming catastrophes due to the severe lack of rational deliberations within the lousy sector dominated by the unfortunate combination of vulture capitalism, common egoism and a predominant lack of understanding and intelligence among the actors. The only salvation for the bank industry as the world in general is to start deliberate thinking processes for the first time in the modern history of market economy. This book is instrumental in this respect. It covers a thorough criticism of current practices and their weaknesses as well as demonstrating the need for a more holistic perspective of the intricate interconnections between various financial instruments in relation to modern business risk management. It covers systems features of a complex real-world domain of operational risk in banking, by employing general systems theory as the guiding method. An implementational framework is presented for operational risk management, the target of which is to manage and mitigate the risk-around-loss causes. Methods are also included for decision making in addition to computational models that yield prediction intervals.

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Anna-Maria Kessler, MBA: Studied Business Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. Spent more than 30 years working in banking, as a credit manager at one of the four big banks in Sweden. PhD: Studied in Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University. Senior Researcher in the DECIDE Research Group at Stockholm University and KTH.