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Principles of Management Assignment
BS-ME, 2016-2020
USMAN K. QURESHI
Department of Mechanical Engineering (DME), PIEAS, Nilore 45650, Islamabad, Pakistan
The risk management field has received a lot of attention over the last decade as a result of the change in the way
businesses run and the occurrence of several events with impact in the global economy such as the 2008 collapse of
the credit market and the housing market meltdown in the USA, the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill or the 2011 incident on
the Japanese nuclear power plant of Fukushima-Daiichi. As a result, risk management has become a main topic as
plays an increasingly important role in the strategy of an organization. This paper presents different perspectives on how
risk management has been addressed by organizations, and/or enterprises, the different types of risk managers and
different categories risks that exits in the organizations and enterprises and this paper also proposes a classification for
managing different types of risks and how to approach them. In the end it is also discussed that why it is hard to talk
about risks.
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Category I: Preventable Risks: This risk 2.3 VW's Risk Management Unit
category is best managed through active Volkswagen do Brasil (subsequently
prevention: monitoring operational processes and abbreviated as VW), the Brazilian subsidiary of the
guiding people’s behaviors and decisions toward German carmaker. VW’s risk-management unit
desired norms. Since considerable literature uses the company’s strategy map as a starting
already exists on the rules-based compliance point for its dialogues about risk. For each
approach, we refer interested readers to the objective on the map, the group identifies the risk
sidebar “Identifying and Managing Preventable events that could cause VW to fall short of that
Risks” in lieu of a full discussion of best practices objective. The team then generates a Risk Event
here. Card for each risk on the map, listing the practical
effects of the event on operations, the probability
Category I: Strategy Risks: Over the past 10
of occurrence, leading indicators, and potential
years of study, experts have come across three
actions for mitigation. It also identifies who has
distinct approaches to managing strategy risks.
primary accountability for managing the risk. The
Which model is appropriate for a given firm
risk team then presents a high-level summary of
depends largely on the context in which an
results to senior management.
organization operates? Each approach requires
quite different structures and roles for a risk- The Risk Event Card: VW do Brasil uses risk
management function, but all three encourage event cards to assess its strategy risks. First,
employees to challenge existing assumptions and managers document the risks associated with
debate risk information. Our finding that “one size achieving each of the company’s strategic
does not fit all” runs counter to the efforts of objectives. For each identified risk, managers
regulatory authorities and professional create a risk card that lists the practical effects of
associations to standardize the function. the event’s occurring on operations. Below is a
sample card looking at the effects of an interruption
Category I: External Risks: External risks, the
in deliveries, which could jeopardize VW’s strategic
third category of risk, cannot typically be reduced
objective of achieving a smoothly functioning
or avoided through the approaches used for
supply chain.
managing preventable and strategy risks. External
risks lie largely outside the company’s control;
companies should focus on identifying them,
assessing their potential impact, and figuring out
how best to mitigate their effects should they
occur.
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