Stress Testing for Financial Institutions

In line with the new Basel proposals, banks have to stress-test their assessment of capital adequacy. This book provides guidance for regulators and practitioners with regard to the stress-testing process. It is suitable for financial risk quants, financial risk managers, financial risk researchers and financial institution regulators.

Stress Management For Life, International Edition

Emphasizes experiential learning and explains the ‘how to’ of stress management and prevention. This book offers readers information about stress. It empowers readers to experience personal wellness by understanding and managing stress. It helps motivate readers to manage stress in a way that accommodates their lifestyle, values, and goals.

Work Less, Achieve More

WORK LESS, ACHIEVE MORE is a step-by-step guide on how to de-stress, deliver your work on time and get your life back in order. For many people, a successful work/life balance is frustratingly elusive. A typical worker might expect to be filled with dread on a Monday morning, work increasingly long hours, feel constantly stressed, [...]

Stress Pocketbook

Learning to manage stress at work benefits both the individual and the organisation. This title is full of practical advice on ways to manage your own stress, and how to help others. Emphasis is on what to do rather than on theory.

Comprehensive Stress Management

Helps students identify, understand, and combat the stressors that most affect their lives. This title discusses the research findings on the physical, psychological, sociological, and spiritual aspects of stress, as well as the appropriate coping skills.

Organizational Stress Management

Including practical advice on how to conduct a stress audit and how to target stress ‘hot spots’ within an organization, Organizational Stress Management provides a fresh strategic model for the manager concerned with the negative effects stress can have both on company performance and the quality of life of individuals at work.

IVF and Ever After

Explores in-vitro fertilisation, the impact the treatment has on families and relationships, and how to manage the stress it causes. This work explains the critical skills needed to cope with the emotional highs and lows of IVF, the joys of achieving the miracle of life and the long-term challenges of establishing a healthy, functioning family.

Business Marketing

Introduces the concepts of marketing to businesses and stresses the importance of customer relationship and knowledge management. This text is suitable for undergraduate Business Marketing courses to students who want to succeed in business to business marketing. It shows students how to make profitable and quality business marketing decisions.

ISO 14001

A comprehensive exploration of the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Specification, a guide produced by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The text stresses the practical implementation of the standard and surveys related government and industry programmes.

Creating and Implementing Strategy

Part of the Harvard Business Essentials series, this work discusses the various options for how to use your time effectively to achieve the best results both personally and organizationally. It includes topics such as: prioritizing tasks, scheduling, stress management, and work/life balance.