The frequency with which you and your colleagues ask questions about International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will probably increase in the coming months. So, Protiviti's "Guide to International Financial Reporting Standards," which answers questions like "Where can I find the pronouncements regulating IFRS?" and "What lessons can be learned from the conversion experiences of other countries?," is timely.

In this Q&A, Jacob Ukelson, chief technology officer of ActionBase, explains how human process management (HPM) can lower risk and bring visibility and structure to the "unstructured, ad-hoc human-to-human interactions."

"Continuous controls monitoring is just like monitoring a patient's vital signs," says Tom Boyle, district audit officer at Palomar Pomerado Healthcare (PPH). "You have a constant record of that patient's health and you are notified immediately if something goes wrong." Continuous monitoring also enables business owners to continuously monitor the controls within their areas of responsibility, helps managers properly validate bills and charges, and provides performance information that they can use in negotiations with insurance companies.

In the coming year, corporate leaders need to take a more holistic and pragmatic perspective on risk, according to Alec Arons and Bob Harman, authors of Tatum's new white paper. The report is worth a look -- particularly for the bullet points on what a strategic risk management framework should accomplish.

Identifying GRC best practices can be a challenge because often the companies with the most impressive GRC efforts don't want to discuss their success. Two reasons companies stay silent: their GRC initiatives were motivated by the fact that they got into regulatory hot water or they're experiencing compliance problems in other areas of the organization.

You can make a strong case that risk management is a subset under the much broader umbrella of enterprise performance management, according to Gary Cokins. The BPM expert explains why in his new Strategy Management blog.

For the past two years, at least 85 percent of global companies reported experiencing at least one instance of fraud within their organization. During the same period, more than one-quarter of all companies reported at least one incident of information theft, Kroll's Global Fraud Survey found.

How integrated are your company's sales forecasting and demand planning (SFDP) activities? Combining these forward-looking functions can increase innovation and effectiveness. Read Ventana Research's Analyst Note "Integrate Sales Forecasting and Demand Planning" in the BPM Resource Center to learn more.

As indirect costs rise and economic pressures increase, the need for profitability and cost management (PCM) also grows. Read this Thought Leadership white paper to find out more about how PCM drives business performance by finding drivers of cost and profitability, empowering users with visibility and flexibility, and improving resource alignment.

When it comes to tracking the success of your company's business performance applications, what you don't see can hurt you. In this on-demand webcast, you'll hear how performance management technology is capable of eliminating costly BPM blind spots. We'll reveal the findings of a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting that examined the potential return on investment that enterprises may realize by deploying Tagetik 3.0 performance management software.