Project managers and risk management: A comparative study between Japanese and Korean firms
Project managers and risk management: A comparative study between Japanese and Korean firms
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.07.007
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发表时间：
2014
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12
通讯作者：
Takashi Shimizu;Young Won Park;S. Choi
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作者：
Takashi Shimizu;Young Won Park;S. Choi
在管理企业的过程中，管理人员经常面临挑战性的环境。例如，市场现实并不一定反映公司管理层的意图。可能会发生与高级管理层预期完全相反的破坏性业务事件。没有做好应对风险准备的公司将付出沉重的代价。竞争激烈的全球商业现实要求积极和综合的企业范围的风险管理。风险管理是一个重要的战略和业务优先事项。在客户期望迅速变化的竞争环境下，企业制定有效的风险管理实践至关重要。本文比较了日本和韩国企业复杂的风险管理实践。具体而言，我们研究了以下问题：（1）企业如何管理整体组织级风险以及产品规划和流程设计领域的项目级风险？(2)日本企业和韩国企业在有效管理风险方面是否存在差异（例如，是否使用风险管理人员或风险管理部门？），如果有，它们对管理有什么影响？我们发现，韩国公司授予他们的项目经理在风险管理的显着权力，而不是他们的日本同行。我们还发现，韩国企业采取灵活的方法来管理风险，而日本企业采取系统的方法，这表明日本企业往往侧重于“预防”的产品相关的事故，而韩国企业往往侧重于“应对”这样的事故。
In the course of managing businesses, executives constantly face challenging circumstances. For instance, the market reality does not necessarily reflect the intent of a company's management. Disruptive business events may occur that are quite contrary to what the senior management expected. Firms that are ill prepared to deal with risk pay a stiff price. The intensely competitive global business reality calls for aggressive and integrative enterprise-wide risk management. Risk management is a critical strategic and operational priority. It is crucial for firms to define effective risk management practices in the context of volatile competitive landscapes with rapidly changing customer expectations.This article compares the complex risk management practices of Japanese and Korean firms. Specifically, we examine the following questions: (1) How do firms manage overall organizational-level risks as well as project-level risks in the areas of product planning and process design? (2) Are there differences between how Japanese and Korean firms effectively manage risk (e.g. Do they use risk managers or risk management departments or not?), and if so, what are their impacts on management?We find that Korean companies grant their project managers significant authority in risk management in contrast to their Japanese counterparts. We also find that Korean firms adopt a flexible approach to risk management, while Japanese firms adopt a systematic approach, suggesting that Japanese companies tend to focus on the ‘prevention’ of product-related accidents, while Korean companies tend to focus on the ‘response’ to such accidents.