Risk management is a complex process but the principles are quite simple. We all make risk assessments in our everyday lives‚ from crossing the road to deciding whether or not to eat a burger. The process which you consciously or unconsciously undertake is: IDENTIFY THE HAZARD DEFINE THE RISK ARISING FROM THE IDENTIFIED HAZARDS ELIMINATE THE HAZARD OR MITIGATE WHERE THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE (identify control measures) Eliminate Reduce/Control/Substitute Provide Information
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RSK2602/101/3/2014 Tutorial Letter 101/3/2014 Fundamentals of operational and financial risk RSK2602 Semesters 1 and 2 Department of Finance‚ Risk Management and Banking This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. Bar code 1 Open Rubric CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME.............................................................................................. 3 2 PURPOSE OF AND OUTCOMES FOR THE MODULE .............................
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Introduction Normally risk is the chance that a threat will change into a disaster. Vulnerability and threat are not dangerous‚ taken separately. But if they come together they become a risk‚ in other words the probability that a disaster will happen. Nevertheless risks can be reduced or managed. If we are careful about how we treat the environment and if we are aware of our weaknesses and vulnerabilities to existing hazards‚ then we can take measures to make sure that hazards do not turn into
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Risk assessment procedures include enquiry‚ analysis‚ observation‚ inspection and testing. Suspetabiltiy of Defalcation??judgments about materiality are made in light of surrounding circumstances‚ and are affected by the size or nature of a misstatement‚ or a combination of both; and judgments about matters that are material to users of the financial statements are based on a consideration of the common financial information needs of users as a group.??? Materiality is modified by segment in response
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Wal-Mart Wal-Mart has a great history of leadership‚ innovation and success. The founder‚ Mr. Sam Walton had a vision and traveled the country studying discount retailing because he had a vision of selling quality products at a lower price. He opened his own store‚ Wal-Mart‚ in Rogers‚ Arkansas in 1962. Today‚ Wal-Mart is the largest retail chain in the world with over 9‚000 stores‚ servicing over 176 million customers‚ and over two million employees in 15 countries; Mexico‚ Puerto Rico‚ Canada
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Analysis of Unilever’s Risks and Risk Management Strategies Introduction With the rapid development of modern economy‚ companies are always exposed to risks which are penetrating to all walks of life and not only exist in the products market‚ but also exist in financial market (Ballou‚ 2005). It is undoubtedly that risks jeopardize the company’s development in that they may increase the cost of a company’s operation and make it harder for a company to make a crucial decision. Accordingly‚ it is
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Attitudes toward Risk and the Risk-Return Paradox: Prospect Theory Explanations Author(s): Avi Fiegenbaum and Howard Thomas Source: The Academy of Management Journal‚ Vol. 31‚ No. 1 (Mar.‚ 1988)‚ pp. 85-106 Published by: Academy of Management Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/256499 Accessed: 09-05-2015 03:52 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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Bottom of Form ASSESSMENT BSBRSK501B MANAGE RISK Assessment tool 1 Assessment activity 1: Review organisational processes‚ procedures and requirements for undertaking risk management 1. Create your own definitions for the following terms: a) Risk: A probability or threat of damage‚ injury‚ liability‚ loss‚ or any other negative occurrence that is caused by external or internal vulnerabilities‚ and that may be avoided through preemptive action. b) Risk management: The identification‚ analysis‚
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Risks in Banking |Banking‚ by its nature‚ entails taking a wide array of risks. Banking supervisors need to understand these risks and be satisfied that banks| |are adequately measuring and managing them. The key risks faced by banks are discussed below. | |Credit risk | |The extension of loans is the primary activity of
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Definition of Value at Risk (VaR) Value at risk is a statistical technique which measures the level of financial risk in a portfolio over a specific time frame. For example‚ if a firm states that it has a 1% one week value at risk of $5 million; this would mean that for any given week‚ the firm would have a 1% chance of losing $5 million. In order words‚ 1 out of every 100 weeks‚ the firm would expect to have a loss of $5 million. This can be viewed as the standard deviation of portfolio value
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