...Approach Practically speaking, what does it mean when we say that WGU’s programs are competency-based? Unlike traditional universities, WGU does not award degrees based on credit hours or on a certain set of required courses. Instead, you will earn your degree by demonstrating your skills, knowledge, and understanding of important concepts through a series of carefully designed courses. Progress through your degree program is governed not by classes but by satisfactory completion of the required courses that demonstrate your mastery of the competencies. Of course, you will need to engage in learning experiences as you brush up on competencies or develop knowledge and skills in areas in which you may be weak. For this learning and development, WGU has a rich array of learning resources in which you may engage under the direction of your student mentor. You will work closely with your mentor to schedule your program for completing the courses. You will also work closely with additional faculty members as you proceed through courses of study that are designed to lead you through the content you must master in order to pass the assessment(s) for each course. The benefit of this competency-based system is that it makes it possible for people who are knowledgeable about a particular subject to make accelerated progress toward completing a WGU degree, even if they lack college experience. You may have gained skills and knowledge of a subject while on the job,...
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...2. What is your decision regarding the 2 credit proposals? Why? Ashar Corporation: First of all, I am going to discuss the Ashar Business Credit Proposal. In this proposal, Ashar Industries Company, which is one of the largest steel companies worldwide, is asking for a $850 M credit in order to finance their acquisition of Zellmont SA, which would actually create the largest steel producer company of the world. This acquisition has not been recommended by the Zellmont board, and therefore it could be regarded as a hostile takeover at the moment. As it is seen on its financial statements, Ashar corporation has been a very healthy corporation during the past few years. We can see that they have a really stable Income Statement, with high figures regarding their revenues, EBIT, Net Income. Even though, there is a decrease of the figures from 2004 to 2005, if we check in the Balance Sheet, it can be justified by the acquisition of fixed assets and long-term debt and equity. This can be a worrying figure since the company has already long-term debt, but if we look out of the box, we should know that steel companies, in order to grow and maximize their profit, they need to acquire a lot of fixed costs, which will be the base for their operations. It can be a bit risky because if the value of the steel goes down, then the debt to asset ratio will increase. Although all these possible outcomes, and looking forward in the future of the steel industry, it is not really probable...
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...VAR as a risk management tool. VAR is one of the simple and widely used risk measures that attempt to summarise the total risk of the portfolio. Despite of its popularity within Financial Intuitions, Treasures and Fund Managers, there are frequent criticisms against its use which we will discuss in this part. One of the criticisms is that VAR focuses on the risks around the middle area of the distribution and completely ignores the tail portion which is associated with large losses. (Glasserman, Heidelberger & Shahabuddin, 2002, P239). So, the probability of the portfolio losing side has not been evaluated enough. For example, the interpretation of VAR number $904,617 calculated previously for the bank’s portfolio is that there is a 99% probability that the maximum loss will not exceed $904,617. This may not be the case if the 1% loss is of significant amount and of unpredictable nature. Measuring rare events such as Bank Robberies and Natural disasters are almost impossible. The use of historical data in such context is not sufficient enough predict the future which can lead to excessive risk taking or not hedging property. It may turn out to be like an airbag in a car that works all other times but the time of an accident. Another criticism is regarding the Subadditivety. The sum of VAR of two portfolios is actually larger than the sum of 2 VARs. The end result should be either equal or lesser than the sum because diversification actually reduces the risk. This violates...
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...HIPAA COW Risk Analysis & Risk Management Toolkit Networking Group Guide for the HIPAA COW Risk Analysis & Risk Management Toolkit Disclaimers This Guide and the HIPAA COW Risk Analysis & Risk Management Toolkit (Toolkit) documents are Copyright by the HIPAA Collaborative of Wisconsin (“HIPAA COW”). They may be freely redistributed in their entirety provided that this copyright notice is not removed. When information from this document is used, HIPAA COW shall be referenced as a resource. They may not be sold for profit or used in commercial documents without the written permission of the copyright holder. This Guide and the Toolkit documents are provided “as is” without any express or implied warranty. This Guide and the Toolkit documents are for educational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. If you require legal advice, you should consult with an attorney. Unless otherwise noted, HIPAA COW has not addressed all state pre-emption issues related to this Guide and the Toolkit documents. Therefore, these documents may need to be modified in order to comply with Wisconsin/State law. The Toolkit provides an example HIPAA Security Risk Assessment and documents to support completing a Risk Analysis and Risk Mitigation Implementation Plan. While it covers a broad spectrum of the requirements under the HIPAA Security Rule and HITECH, it may not cover all measures needed to secure your patients’ electronic protected health information (ePHI). It...
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...Thesis for the Degree of Master of...? INCORPORATING LIQUIDITY RISK INTO VAR MODEL TO IMPROVE RISK MANAGEMENT AND APPLYING THE LIQUIDITY ADJUSTED VALUE AT RISK MODEL ON VIETNAMESE STOCK MARKET Student: Ten truong: Ten khoa hoc: September, 2012 INCORPORATING LIQUIDITY RISK INTO VAR MODEL TO IMPROVE RISK MANAGEMENT AND APPLYING THE LIQUIDITY ADJUSTED VALUE AT RISK MODEL ON VIETNAMESE STOCK MARKET by student Avised by Ten giao su Submitted to Ten khoa of Ten truong in the partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of ...? Dissertation Committee ...Ten thanh vien hoi dong ABSTRACT In this paper, based on Bangia et. al (1999) Liquidity Adjusted Value at Risk, an explanation and demonstration for the importance of integrate liquidity risk component into Value at Risk Model are presented. The component is considered to be resulted from the exogenous liquidity risk, indeed, the bid-ask spread of a stock or a portfolio. This research is conducted from the analysis of an estimation of Value at Risk (VaR) and Liquidity adjusted Value at Risk for two portfolios containing stocks that are currently trading on Vietnamese Stock Market. After applying the Bangia Model to calculate, the backtesting will be executed to check the accuracy level of the results. The difference between the results of two portfolios, according to separate approaches will be the evidence to reach the conclusion of the research. Table of Contents List of...
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...must mitigate risk to achieve maximum profitability. Mitigating the risk can be accomplished by implementing controls. While insurance and portfolio approaches are important control strategies, they are only single components of an overall risk management plan. Implementing an internal control system will assist management in monitoring and deterring risk. Current Controls The current approaches of insurance and portfolio are valid controls. One way to mitigate risk is to transfer some of the risk to a third party. The third party willingly accepts the risk for a fee or premium. This approach is called insurance. However, this approach is limited and considered reactive as it does nothing to deter harm to company assets. In addition, there are only certain risks that insurance companies are willing to take on and others that simply cannot be insured (McCarthy & Flynn, 2004). With the portfolio approach, all departments are treated as one unit so that interrelated risks can be identified and put “in the context of all the other risks and the company’s business strategy” (McCarthy & Flynn, 2004, pg. 255). However, it does little to deter risk. Internal Control System An internal control system is an ongoing process that ensures compliance with laws and regulations, reliable financial reporting and efficient and effective operations of an organization. According to Ratcliffe and Landes (2009), “an effective system of internal control enables management to deal with...
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...Running Head: RISK MANAGEMENT IN JUSTICE AND SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS Risk Management in Justice and Security Organizations Rita A. Davis University of Phoenix CJA/520 Group ID: MSAS0KCAO6 RJ Schafer September 11, 2009 Risk Management in Justice and Security Organizations Introduction Risk management is essential to the security and well being of any organization. Risk management is crucial in guaranteeing that security controls and spending are proportionate with the actual risks to which the organization is exposed. Following a comprehensive and formal risk management approach requires a sound understanding of the principles of risk. Risk goes beyond the questions of efficiency, technique. This paper will discuss the role of risk management in justice and security organizations What is Risk? “Risk is the uncertainty of financial loss, the variations between actual and expected results, or the probability that a loss has occurred, or will occur… three main categories are personal, property, and liability” ( Broder, p. 3). An organization should perform a risk analysis, which is a, “management tool, the standards for which are determined...
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...------------------------------------------------- Principles of Risk Assignment One: Risk Map and Risk Plan/Register Assignment November 2010 Outline Brief The basis of this assignment is for you to undertake an initial risk identification analysis of some significant area of a business operation OR environmental setting/issue, with the aim of producing a summary risk map and related risk plan/register. This will require you to consider for your chosen focus of study what might be key (primary) risks, how those risks may be appropriately classified and how their potential impact and likelihood might be assessed and evaluated in an objective way. The final submission will take the form of a graphical risk map (matrix) and a tabulated risk plan/register. The latter should provide for a contextualised review of the key risks, the rationale for their inclusion and for the risk assessment that you have ascribed to each risk listed. The risk map and plan are not required to show risk management responses. This assignment is worth 50% of the overall module assessment, and a guideline of 2,500 words is provided for the written (risk plan) element. Tasks within this brief: 1. Identify a suitably focussed business activity or environmental issue on which to base this assignment; 2. Identify potential risk identification and assessment techniques, and their potential limitations within the context of this assignment; 3. Undertake a process/processes of risk identification and assessment; ...
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...Introduction to CreditMetrics™ The benchmark for understanding credit risk New York April 2, 1997 • • • A value-at-risk (VaR) framework applicable to all institutions worldwide that carry credit risk in the course of their business. A full portfolio view addressing credit event correlations which can identify the costs of over concentration and benefits of diversification in a mark-to-market framework. Results that drive: investment decisions, risk-mitigating actions, consistent risk-based credit limits, and rational risk-based capital allocations. J.P. Morgan Co-sponsors: Bank of America Bank of Montreal BZW Deutsche Morgan Grenfell KMV Corporation Swiss Bank Corporation Union Bank of Switzerland Table of Contents 1. Introduction to CreditMetrics 2. The case for a portfolio approach to credit risk 3. The challenges of estimating portfolio credit risk 4. An overview of CreditMetrics methodology 5. Practical applications 3 9 12 14 30 Introduction to CreditMetrics Copyright © 1997 J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated. All rights reserved. J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., member SIPC. J.P. Morgan is the marketing name for J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated and its subsidiaries worldwide. CreditMetrics™, CreditManager™, FourFifteen™, and RiskMetrics™ are trademarks of J.P. Morgan in the United States and in other countries. They are written with the symbol ™ on their first occurance in the publication, and as CreditMetrics, CreditManager, FourFifteen or RiskMetrics thereafter...
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...BA356 International Business Management 1) You are the risk manager assigned to a municipal public works team in charge of school construction and operations. It has become clear that the current elementary schools in your town are inadequate for the number of students that are currently being served; in addition, many of the schools were built in the 1950s and are in serious need of repair. Project Document: Risk is a powerful force in innovative organizations for the obvious reason that it means the future outcomes of decisions are uncertain and, less obviously, because it can foster decision biases like loss aversion and over-optimism. The construction or retrofitting of a school building is a valuable educational opportunity with the potential to further strengthen community ownership of the school and demonstrate hazard-resilient techniques that can be replicated in homes and other buildings. Every school must be constructed as a safer school and existing unsafe schools must be retrofitted to be disaster resilient. The Education for All will not be achieved without the construction of safer and more disaster resilient education facilities. At a time when the frequency and magnitude of extreme climatic events is rising, a growing number of the world’s school-going children are increasingly exposed to earthquakes, wildfires, floods, cyclones, landslides and other natural hazards. For example: • The Sichuan earthquake (2008) killed more than 7,000 children...
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...Axia College Material Appendix C Risk Management Options Part I: Scenario and Identification A retail chain has asked an outside security consulting team to perform a threat and risk assessment for one of its branches. The consulting team has identified the following threats and accompanying risk levels for this particular store: 1. Fire (medium) 2. Internal theft (high) 3. Shoplifting (medium) 4. Burglary (high) 5. Bomb (low) The retail chain has decided to respond to these threats in the following manner: For threat #1, management has decided to take no further precautions because the store is currently up to code and the insurance policy the company carries fully covers it in the event of fire. For threat #2, management has decided to implement background checks for all new applicants and all employees must now have their bags and backpacks checked by security before exiting the store. For threat #3, management has decided to add no additional security measures. Losses due to shoplifting are expected and have been included in the store’s budget. For threat #4, management has installed a comprehensive alarm and surveillance system in all stores, with around-the-clock security monitoring. Now, break-ins at this store cannot occur without detection. For threat #5, management intends to institute no countermeasures. With several other branches throughout the region, the company overall would suffer only minimal losses even if...
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...for commencement of business in July 2010. It was granted a licence by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) of Bangladesh for operating as a credit rating company in September 2010. The formal launching of the company was held on 18 October 2010. Managing director & CEO: MD. Momin Ullah Patwary, BP, is a former secretary to the Govt. of Bangladesh. Services: The services provide by the agency are followings: Entity Rating, Instrument Rating, Insurance Company rating, Asset Manager Rating, Sectoral Grading and Ranking. Methodology A true and fair opinion is our responsibility. NCR gives opinion as to the ability of an entity to meet its financial obligations. The rating process primarily concentrates on business and financial risks. The focus is to assess cash generation capability and its adequacy to meet debt obligations on a timely basis. The analysis attempts to determine the long-term fundamentals and likelihood of change in these, which could affect the credit worthiness of the entity. The analytical framework of our rating methodology is divided into two interdependent segments. The first deals with the...
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...of vision, the notion of risk management has been taken as one of business keys success. Any possible source of uncertainty is now treated as a risk that might need managing. However, risk management isn't that new, there were always Uncertainty, Priorities and even Practicalities. More than that, it's evolving. In fact, there are ones that defines risk management as "a process, effected by an entity’s board of directors, management and other personnel, applied in strategy setting across the enterprise, designed to identify potential events that may affect the entity, and manage risk to be within its risk appetite, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of entity objectives", others find it as "the process of understanding and managing the risks that the organization is inevitably subject to in attempting to achieve its corporate objectives. Both definitions have a major point in common, that the achievement of corporate objectives is ensured by risk management. Risk management has focused more on operational issues than strategic ones; therefore strategic risks have been managed reactively rather than proactively. Managers should be aware of the inter-linked risks relatively to inter-linked operations activities by developing an UP thinking which facilitates the comprehension of an inter-relationship. In the other hand, we shouldn't neglect the importance of a performance management consisting of a set of management and analytic processes,...
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...Risk Management Plan | Baylor University Dormitory Project | | Presented by: | Approved by: | Version 3 | 10/16/2012 | | Table of Contents Table of Contents………………………………………………………………………………………………………2 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 Project Description and Objectives…………………………………………………………………………………….3 Objectives of the Risk Process………………………………………………………………………………………3-4 Project Sizing…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Stakeholders and Analysis……………………………………………………………………………………………..5 The Risk Process……………………………………………………………………………………………………….6 Risk Breakdown Structure……………………………………………………………………………………………..7 Probability-Impact Matrix……………………………………………………………………………………………...8 BUD Project Risk Register………………………………………………………………………………………....9-11 Summary Risk Report…………………………………………………………….……………………………….12-15 Conclusions and Recommendations………............................................................................................................15-16 References…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….16 Introduction This document is the risk management plan for the Baylor University Dormitory (BUD) Project. The defining risk management process contained herein shall be employed throughout the life of this project. As the team leader and the primary representative of Quantum Electric, the project manager is responsible for reviewing and maintaining this risk management plan throughout the course of this project. The accountability...
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...large multinational and small to medium, should take the threats and risks they could face seriously. Security Risk Management (SRM), Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Emergency Planning (EP) assist in achieving this by putting in place effective risk identification and management measures. Effective management of risk can make the difference between success or failure of business operations during and after difficult events. Threats can include man made threats, such as terrorist attacks, or naturally occurring threats such as earthquakes. Effective risk identification and management is essential to any business, especially with the current uncertainty in the world’s economic climate. In order for businesses to survive, during times of increased strain on business operations, it is essential that an alignment between security and business operations can be achieved. This can be achieved by the security department not only widening the remit to cover more risks, but changing how the department works and relates to the rest of the business; including shared responsibility for things such as Corporate Governance, Information Assurance, Business Continuity, Reputation Management and Crisis Management. The problem is security departments now have more responsibilities in an increasingly complex and fast moving world. Security Risk management is no longer an activity just for companies who work in high-risk areas or with exposure to significant security threats. Therefore,...
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