Risk Management
When it comes to risk management, may people center on things like employee safety concerns, project management, efficiency and other things like that. For example, a risk that many firms would develop is that a lack of efficiency would reduce competitive edge as well as profits. There are other things such as the proper use of equipment that can literally kill people if the wrong things are done. Even things like cardboard balers and trash compactors can be a huge problem if the equipment is not maintained properly and/or the employees are using it in the wrong manner. However, there is a risk that not many people speak of but is an absolute must to keep in mind, and that risk is becoming obsolete. Even in recent years, many firms like Circuit City, Blockbuster Video and others have fallen away and no longer exist. Other firms are hanging on but their fate seems eventual at this point. While industry does not reinvent itself at a frenetic pace, it certainly still happens and firms that do not adjust properly will quite likely cease to exist.
Analysis
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