This course deals with the different strategies that organizations adopt in order to manage and deal with the various risks that exist in the contemporary business environment. While theoretical frameworks related to risk and risk management are reviewed on this course, the main focus is on real-life examples of how different organizations have sought to manage and deal with various kinds of risk.
Moreover, while some of the most common contemporary risk assessment and modelling techniques are discussed, this course is primarily concerned with the broad strategies that organizations adopt in order to manage and deal with risk. As such, there is no expectation that students will need to engage in any kind of advanced quantitative analysis during this course or have any kind of background in such disciplines.
Exam info and full course description can be found in the course catalogue.
Course specific:
To apply for the course you must either be enrolled in a bachelor's degree, have a bachelor's degree or have passed a qualifying entry examination.
General:
Exchange Students: nomination from your home university
Freemovers: documentation for English Language proficiency
You can read more about the admission here.
Matthew Hollow is senior lecturer in Strategy and Programme Director, University of York, United Kingdom. Current areas of research interest include Management practices in the British banking sector, Fraud & white-collar crime in post-war Britain, and the evolution of business ethics & corporate responsibility.
