Businesses are always exposed to risks of several kinds, for which risk management becomes mandatory. To keep the corporation safe, an appropriate risk management program is obligatory even in times of uncertainty. Risk management helps in strengthening communication between the higher authorities and low line workers. The reports and analysis would be shared vertically and horizontally so that risk mitigation becomes easier through a smooth communication flow. It is conducive to a healthy organizational culture where trust is boosted and positivity is encouraged. In the absence of this program, the business would be unable to define its objectives or even meet its goals. This paper aims at designing a risk management program in which traditional and financial enterprise risk management would be covered. Further sections of the paper would discuss how those identified risks affect the organizational goals to get a clear picture of the business's existence and prosperity in the market.
A minimum of ten risks, both including traditional and financial risks, are as follows:
i. Since the strike of pandemic worldwide, there has been a constant risk of economic slowdown with slow profits and recovery (The One Brief, n.a.). There is a risk of reduced earnings as the businesses might not be progressing at the rate they were doing before.
ii. Project risks due to the slowdown of the economy, the project costs, or its schedule. The projects might be behind the projected timeline, and the expected deadlines are not met.
iii. Damage to the company's reputation in the market if a product fails due to economic slowdown or projections of the project. The company's image can also be affected by a privacy breach or any misconduct committed by the well-known company's management person.
iv. Market and trade risks are always present in the industry since competition always exists. Even if it is about the product pricing of two products offered by two different companies, the market, and trade risks would be there. Moreover, certain unanticipated risks cannot be predicted by market changes such as a sudden change in technology. It can eventually lead to financial risks for the corporation as well.
v. Political unrest such as a sudden change in the government can cause risk for the businesses and a change in laws and policies that directly affect the commercial practices.
vi. Cyber-attack is one of the most emerging and significant traditional forms of risk faced today. Breach of privacy, stealing important data, including customer's information by the cyber attackers, is one of the most talked-about risks of modern times.
vii. Human-made risks such as civil unrest, terrorism, or natural hazards are also some of the calamities that pose threats to businesses' normal workings on a global level.
viii. Credit risk is one of the most common forms of financial risk associated with borrowing money. In investment terms, if the borrower is unable to repay the loan, then he would become a defaulter, and the company or the investor can bear huge losses (Chen, 2020).
ix. Liquidity risk is another form of financial risk on which the company or the investor becomes unable to meet his short-term debt compulsions.
x. Operational risks are always involved in a business, and they also a form of financial risk. It can be due to poor management practices or faulty financial rationality. If the company or the investor is unable to succeed in what it has promised, then financial losses are inevitable.
Addressing These Risks with Meeting the Organizational Goals
Organizational goal of "survival" and identified risks
Addressing the risk of economic slowdown would help in the business's survival by strengthening its sustainability through tough times. It can involve marketing the business to the customers in an effective way so that it implants a mark in their minds, broadening of the customer base and attracting the new ones, boosting the morale of the employees so that they work with engagement to keep the business running successfully and bringing in innovation...
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