MORESignificance of Risk Management
By Vishnu M S
One of the key factors to a successful business is risk management, it encloses the identification, analysis, and response to the risk elements that form a part of the life of a business. Potent risk management means seeking to control the future outcomes by acting proactively, controlling the miscellaneous and reducing the damages. Hence, proper risk management offers the potential to reduce both the possibility of a risk occurring and its potential impact.
Risk management structures are customized to do more than pointing out the risks that already exist. A proper risk management structure shall evaluate the uncertainties and predict their impact on a business. Consequently, the result is a choice between accepting or rejecting those risks which is determined by the tolerance level of the business.
If a business construct risk management as a disciplined and constant structure to identify and solve the risks, then the risk management structures can be implemented to support other risk mitigation systems which include organization, cost control, planning and budgeting.
Response to risks generally takes one of the below forms:
Avoidance: A business essay to terminate a risk by getting rid of its cause.
Mitigation: reducing the projected financial value linked with risk by decreasing the probability of the occurrence of the risk.
Acceptance: sometimes a business can be obligated to accept the risk., this option is generally accepted if a business organization develops contingencies to mitigate the impact of the risk if it occurs.
Importance of Risk Management
Risk management is an essential process as it empowers a business with the required tools that it can adequately recognize and deal with potential risks. Once the risk is identified, it is simple to diminish it. Assessment and management of risks is the most suitable approach to prepare for eventualities that may come in the way of development and growth. When a business analyzes its plan for handling potential risks and builds structures to counter them, it improves its odds of becoming a successful organization. The advanced risk management ensures the risks of a high priority are dealt with aggression and the management to have the required information that they can implement to make sound decisions and ensure that the business remains gainful.
Risk Analysis
Risk analysis is a qualitative problem-solving approach that involves various tools to work out and rank risks, below is the risk analysis process:
1. Identifying the Risks
The risk identification process mainly implies brainstorming, a business management gathers all its employees and review the various sources of risk. The next step is to sort all the identified risks in order of rank as it is not possible to mitigate all risks at once as priority-setting ensures that those risks that can impact the business significantly are dealt with immediately.
2. Assessing the Risks
In several cases, problem resolution includes recognizing the problem and then finding a suitable solution. Before figuring out how to handle the risks, a business should recognize the cause of the risks by evaluating the cause and the impact it could have on the business.
3. Appropriate Response
Once a business organization is set on assessing the solutions to reduce identified risks and block its recurrence and appropriate measures to prevent the identified risk from recurring if it reoccurs despite the initial methods.
4.Preventive Mechanisms for Identified Risks
The methods that were found to be successful in decreasing the risks are to be developed into a stack of tasks and then into contingency plans that can be implemented in the future, if the risks occur, these plans can be placed into action.
Business ventures encounter several risks that can affect their survival and growth. Hence, it is important to understand the significance, the principles of risk management and implement them effectively to help mitigate the impact of risks on business organizations.
