Strategic Risk Management Course Outline
Week 1: Defining Strategic Risk Management
- Introduction (course format; use of Webinars; guest lecturers etc.)
- Defining Risk/ Strategic Risk; Risk Management; Enterprise Risk Management
- Defining Leadership in Risk Management
- What does it mean?
- What do you need to do first?
- Defining your Role in department and externally within University
- Risk Management Committee; Training; Emergency Response; Communication
- Defining Outcomes
- Positioning the Risk Manager
- Defining your department risks
- Which risks?
- What are challenges/ barriers?
- What are your ‘sweaty palm’ issues?
- Communicating with your course partner
Week 2: Assessing and Prioritizing Risks
- Creating a Risk Map for the department
- Using the risk matrix
- Prioritizing risks
- Reviewing tools to identify and assess risk
- Developing a Risk Identification and Rating Grid
- Developing a simple Audit Tool
- Conducting a ‘Big Picture’ department risk audit
- Drafting ‘Department Guidelines’ for risk management in key areas:
- Supervision/Instruction; Training; Facilities/Equipment; Emergency Response
Week 3: Focusing on the Key Elements of the Risk Manager Job
- Training
- Identifying training needs, options and delivery mechanisms
- Department vs. Unit training (global vs. local)
- Developing Training Grids
- Emergency Response/ Crises Management
- Identifying current/future protocols and training
- Risk Management Committee
- Role; training; succession planning
Week 4: Defining your External Role; Pulling it all Together
- Risk Management in larger context
- Campus Recreation and the University
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Establishing key relationships and identifying University champions
- The University Risk Manager
- Identifying ways to position department as a Risk Management leader
- Pulling it all together
- Developing your department Risk Management Plan
- Making a presentation to the Director and department
- Getting endorsement for your plan – and your role as Risk Manager