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The extent to which CEO risk appetite influences company performance
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/29677 The extent to which CEO risk appetite influences company performance Hofmeyr, Karl ichelp@gibs.co.za Govender, Ashley UCTD Risk appetite Chief executive officer (CEO) Company performance Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. The crucial decisions that impact the performance of an organisation are usually taken by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). However, little is known about the impact that a CEO's risk appetite has on the decision making processes and its ultimate impact on company performance. A greater understanding of the relationship between CEO risk appetite and organisational performance will facilitate the improvement of strategy formulation for the purpose of managing risk appetite at an executive level.A qualitative exploration into the factors that have been acknowledged as contributory aspects in the development of executive risk appetites highlighted the aspects which had the greatest association to the formation of CEO risk appetite. These aspects were utilised in the formation of an interview schedule that evaluated the perceptions of seven CEOs regarding their risk appetite preferences.Using the findings of the CEO interviews, a model was formulated to quantify CEO risk appetite and test its relationship with company performance, which had been calculated via a quantitative analysis of company financial records.The findings of the analysis into the relationship between CEO risk appetite and company performance indicated a positive linear relationship between the two variables. The research findings regarding the factors contributing to CEO risk appetite also proved consistent with the majority of the literature on the subject.The implication of the findings for South African organisations will be an improved understanding of the relationship between CEO risk appetite and organisational performance and the ability to develop strategy around managing this relationship. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-07T16:15:24Z 2013-04-26 2013-09-07T16:15:24Z 2013-04-25 2012 2013-02-16 Dissertation Govender, A 2012, The extent to which CEO risk appetite influences company performance, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29677 > F13/4/159/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29677 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02162013-171550/ © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Risk appetite Chief executive officer (CEO) Company performance The extent to which CEO risk appetite influences company performance |
| title | The extent to which CEO risk appetite influences company performance |
| title_full | The extent to which CEO risk appetite influences company performance |
| title_fullStr | The extent to which CEO risk appetite influences company performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | The extent to which CEO risk appetite influences company performance |
| title_short | The extent to which CEO risk appetite influences company performance |
| title_sort | extent to which ceo risk appetite influences company performance |
| topic | UCTD Risk appetite Chief executive officer (CEO) Company performance |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29677 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02162013-171550/ |