Risk management–control system interplay: case studies of two banks
Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change
ISSN: 1832-5912
Article publication date: 7 November 2016
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to explore the interplay between risk management and control systems in banks, specifically investigating the managerial intentions underlying the design of management control systems.
Design/methodology/approach
This study is based on 31 interviews with personnel of two banks in a European country.
Findings
The main finding is that belief systems drive the interplay between risk management and control systems in the studied banks. In several instances, belief systems and boundary systems were operating complementarily. Cross-case analyses of the two banks demonstrate that risk management (i.e. the Basel II Accord) replaced established operating procedures for loan origination and portfolio monitoring at the first bank, whereas senior managers suppressed Basel II to maintain established loan origination and portfolio monitoring procedures at the second one.
Originality/value
This is one of very few studies investigating the interplay between risk management and control systems in banks.
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Acknowledgements
The author acknowledges foremost the valuable assistance of Gunnar Wahlström in the data collection, and two anonymous reviewers also provided constructive comments and suggestions.
Citation
Rad, A. (2016), "Risk management–control system interplay: case studies of two banks", Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, Vol. 12 No. 4, pp. 522-546. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAOC-08-2014-0042
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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