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Title STRATEGIC RISK MANAGEMENT
Code ULMS865
Coordinator Dr H Sharifi
Operations and Supply Chain Management
H.Sharifi@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2021-22 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):

 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:

 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:

 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:

 

Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 6

12

      6

6

30
Timetable (if known) 60 mins X 1 totaling 6
 
120 mins X 1 totaling 12
 
      60 mins X 1 totaling 6
60 mins X 1 totaling 6
 
 
Private Study 120
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Mini-case (group exercise) and development of an EWRMS model There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Sche  -2000 words    75       
Development of preliminary EWRMS There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When): Semester 2  -2000 words    25       

Aims

Introduce students to the role of strategic risk management, its function in the organisation and relationship with the organisational strategy;

Provide students with relevant tools and techniques to identify, assess and mitigate risk through development of key problem-sets which demonstrate the impact of both good/bad risk practices within organisations;

Develop student competence to effectively measure and mitigate organisational risk towards better strategic performance.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Demonstrate a clear understanding of the theories/concepts associated with strategic risk management;

(LO2) Undertake an assessment of risk at either a functional or enterprise-wide level with an organisation or unit and develop a preliminary risk framework;

(LO3) Demonstrate the ability to independently structure an EWRMS and make recommendations on feasibility;

(LO4) Work collaboratively in both virtual and face to face teams, disseminate ideas regarding risk profiling strategies, and critically analyse strategic risk mitigation choices based on case findings;

(LO5) Demonstrate the ability to identify and engage with debates and controversies in the academic literature relating to strategic risk management.

(S1) Problem solving skills. Developed through case study analysis, class discussion, model development.

(S2) Communication skills. Developed through discussion boards - identification of key risk variables, determination of probable ranking and impact on unit of study and creation of risk briefs for online discussion.

(S3) Ability to work under pressure. Developed through in-class group assignments utilising problem-based approaches such as simulations and quantitative scenarios.

(S4) Teamwork. Developed through group-work assignment. Each group will be required to work together to identify their mini-case, its risks and work collaboratively to assess probable impact.

(S5) Leadership. Developed through group-based election of team members with each responsibility for an individual component of the risk case analysis and impact.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Hybrid delivery, with social distancing on campus.

1 hour online asynchronous learning per week x 6 weeks
1 hour face-to-face synchronous lecture per week x 6 weeks
2 hour face-to-face seminar every week x 6 weeks
1 hour face-to-face peer-to-peer learning every week (unscheduled) x 6 weeks
Self-directed learning x 120 hours


Syllabus

 

Part A:

Organisational risk ecosystem: examining what the organisation does, works and how it presently manages risk;

Risk management systems: this topic introduces the processes associated with development of a basic risk management system, i.e. Enterprise-Wide Risk Management System (EWRMS).

Strategic risk analysis 1: analysis of risk as they relate to long-term strategic goals in the organisation;

Project/change risk and organisational impact: this topic focuses on risk associated with projects or other forms of planned change such as new products, capital investments or mergers and acquisitions.

Operational risk analysis: analysis of risk associated with day-to-day operations i.e. production, systems etc.;

Part B:

Strategic risk analysis 2 (Unknown/Unknowable): risk events that are not managed or unmanageable. The focus is on risk analysis identification process reliability;

Risk and the functional units: focuses on the various functions within the organisational structure and their silos towards a culture of a single entity;

Risk connectivity assessment: analysis of the interrelationships between various risk types and the functional units within the organisation as well as their impact on the organisational structure(s);

Risk interdependence: this topic builds on connectivity to define linkages which may strengthen the organisational risk profile.


Recommended Texts

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