Provide additional risk management training to the in-house risk management team and business units responsible for internal control, audit, finance, strategy and others. Risk managers may conduct it personally or outsource to third party providers. In-depth risk management training should include (this example is based on the actual risk management training provided by Institute for Strategic Risk Analysis and RISK-ACADEMY to some of the largest non-financial companies in Russia):

RISK MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONS

  • Definition of risk
  • History of risk management
  • International and national risk management standards
  • Introduction to finance, project management and process management
  • Introduction to statistics
  • Insurance basics

RISK MANAGEMENT IN DECISION MAKING

  • Identification of risks associated with decision making or goals/KPIs achievement
  • Risk analysis in decision making (sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis, Monte-Carlo simulations, decision trees, scoring models)
  • Risk mitigation and risk-based decision making
  • Disclosure, reporting, monitoring and review

PSYCHOLOGY AND RISK MANAGEMENT CULTURE

  • Risk psychology and cognitive biases in decision making
  • Risk management culture
  • Principles of risk management ethics

INTEGRATING RISK MANAGEMENT INTO THE BUSINESS

  • Understanding the organisational appetite for risk
  • A roadmap for risk management integration:
    • Developing new and updating existing policies and procedures
    • Integration into decision making, planning, budgeting, purchasing, auditing etc.
    • Risk management roles and responsibilities, risk management KPIs
    • Integrating risk information into management reporting
    • Resources required for the implementation of risk management
  • Auditing risk management effectiveness
  • Risk management continuous improvement
  • Risk management software