著者

川勝 恒郎

出版者

日本大学

雑誌

産業経営研究 (ISSN:02874539)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, pp.103-119, 1992-04

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The management of risks a corporation is faced with is not the ultimate objective of corporations in pursuit of economic profits, but rather is a requirement to be met in increasing the effectiveness and operating efficiency of business activities. In this paper, I define risk management as follows on the basis of what I have found through years of practical research. It is a deliberate act done strategically by a business organization of its own accord to adapt to possible danger resulting from the acts of individuals or institution. According to this definition, I identify typical aspects of risk management as 1) legal risk management, 2) social risk management, 3) economic risk management, 4) information risk management and 5) human risk management, and clarify the characteristics of each. Why does risk arise in the decision-making process? How is risk that occur in the executing stage managed? Proposing and studying a practicable alternative would be beneficial to not only practitioners but also to academics as well. In order to deal with a variety of risks, corporations will have to develop a multifaceted process of risk management. At the core of this process will be the management of legal risks, which are essentially impossible to take. Risk management accelerates a fundamental review of the elements of business management (people, goods and money). Therefore Japanese corporations, which have consistently abided by the principles of managerial initiative (us-them approach) and employee initiative (I and we approach), may be forced to undergo a structural reform.