MBA402-Governance Ethics and Sustainability

You are required to read the following journal article:

1. How Risky is Your Company? HBR. May-June 1999 https://hbr.org/1999/05/how-risky-is-your-company Ensure you click on the ‘Read More’ link to view the Risk Exposure Calculator.

You are also required to read a fictional case study based on the operations of a rapidly growing investments seminar company that will be provided to you in class and via email. You must then prepare a risk assessment report on the investments seminar company using the Risk Exposure Calculator and specifically address:

A. Pressure points due to growth

i) pressure for performance

ii) rate of expansion

iii) inexperience of key employees

B. Pressure points due to culture

i) rewards for entrepreneurial risk taking

ii) executive resistance to bad news

iii) level of internal competition

C. Pressure points due to information management

i) transaction complexity and velocity

ii) gaps in diagnostic performance

iii) degree of decentralised decision making: