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Risk Management and Types of Risks

Risk Management and Types of Risks. By Tony Collins Edited by Memory Reed. Lesson Objectives. Define Risk and Risk Management List and Describe 3 Types of Risks Know and Understand 4 Basic Ways to Handle and Control these Risks List 3 types of Ways to Transfer Risks

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Risk Management and Types of Risks

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  1. Risk Management and Types of Risks By Tony Collins Edited by Memory Reed Georgia CTAE Resource Network 2010

  2. Lesson Objectives • Define Risk and Risk Management • List and Describe 3 Types of Risks • Know and Understand 4 Basic Ways to Handle and Control these Risks • List 3 types of Ways to Transfer Risks • Know the Difference Between Risk Avoidance and Risk Acceptance

  3. What is Risk Management? Risk - The possibility of financial loss Management - The business function used to plan, organize, and control all available resources to reach company goals Risk Management - The systematic process of managing an organization’s risk exposure to achieve objectives in a manner consistent with public interest, human safety, environmental factors, and the law.

  4. Kinds of Risks 3 Types Economic Natural Human

  5. Economic Risks • These risks occur from changes in overall business conditions. • This can include: • amount or type of competitor(s) • changing consumer lifestyle • population changes • government regulations • inflation • recession

  6. Natural Risks Natural risks are result from natural disasters or disruptions • floods • tornadoes • hurricanes • fires • droughts • lightning • earthquakes • even sudden abnormal weather conditions

  7. Human Risks These are caused by human mistakes and errors, as well as the unpredictability of customers, employees, or the work environment This could include: • Theft • injury on the job • bad checks • employee error • Negligence • Incompetence • etc.

  8. Ways to Handle Business Risks There are 4 principle ways to handle risks • Risk Prevention and Control (Loss Prevention) • Risk Transfer • Risk Acceptance • Risk Avoidance

  9. Risk Prevention and Control • Screening and Training Employees • Providing Safe Conditions • Providing Safety Instruction • Preventing External Theft • Deterring Employee Theft • This is often called “Loss Prevention” in the business world

  10. Risk Transfer 3 Common Risk Transfers • insurance • product/service warranties • transference through business ownership

  11. Insurance • Insurance policy - contract that covers a business with a specific type of insurance reducing risks • Business liability - insurance protects a business against damages for which it may be held legally liable, usually up to only $1 million. • Personal liability - covers damages by customer and/or employees • Product liability - protects from personal injury caused by product manufactured or sold by the business

  12. Product/Service Warranties • Warranties are simply promises made by the seller or manufacturer with respect to the performance and quality of a product and protection against loss

  13. Transference Through Ownership • The total amount of risk the business must handle depends in part on the type of business ownership • For example, a entrepreneur who owns a sole-proprietorship assumes all the risk as where a stockholder in a corporation assumes only his percentage of the risk.

  14. Risk Acceptance • When the business assumes the loss responsibility into the upkeep of the company • Most companies pull out a certain percentage of their revenue for damages, loss to theft, and unsold items.

  15. Risk Avoidance • Risks can be avoided by advance anticipation • Following market research can assist a business in making the decision on whether or not to invest in a product. • To determine whether the product is a low risk you must weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks

  16. Risk Management Plan • Develop an overall Risk Management Plan for the business • Develop a specific Risk Management Plan for specific events that occur within the business • Revisit the plan regularly to update

  17. What We Have Learned • The three types of risks: economic, natural, human • The terms important to Risk Management: • risk - the possibility of financial loss • risk management - the process of how a business controls the risk of financial loss while staying consistent with the public’s interest, safety, environmental factors, and the law • There are more ways than one to handle risks effectively. • Loss prevention • risk transfer - insurance, warranties, and transferring ownership • risk acceptance - assume responsibility of loss • risk avoidance - anticipating product failure and not investing in product/service

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