Help mitigate company-wide risks as you learn essential skills to develop a robust enterprise risk management framework.
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
Enterprise risk management involves identifying and preparing for any risks associated with the firm. This company-wide strategy can help increase awareness of business risks and ensure compliance with both regulatory and internal mandates.
On this two-week course, you’ll be introduced to the external and internal drivers that can result in a range of operational, financial, and strategic risks in organisations, with a particular focus on the financial.
You’ll learn how to mitigate these risks and gain the knowledge to use risk management skills in different contexts.
The course is rich in video, explaining concepts of risk. You’ll explore quantitative measurements as well as theoretical and practical approaches to risk management.
This know-how will ensure you can suggest methods of developing and implementing appropriate risk management strategies. These skills can be applied to organisations but also used within families and wider society.
This intermediate level course examines the role of corporate governance and compliance, you’ll not only learn about the importance of compliance but also how to develop useful risk-management skills. This includes effective tools for identifying, assessing, and quantifying risk.
You’ll learn how to use expert judgement to develop business cases for intangible issues, such as potential risk and future rewards, to a level suitable for executive management decision-making.
By the end of the course, you’ll have developed essential risk analysis and mitigation skills.
In an effort towards continual improvement, the course has been updated utilising learner reviews.
This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about risk management.
It is useful for business professionals, new and aspiring line managers, or companies that want to provide employees with risk mitigation and operation management skills. There is a particular focus on financial risk mitigation in the course.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
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