Fundamental Risk Principles

Every economic activity is obviously mixed with uncertainty and risk. However, Risk Management is not only a topic for professional stock portfolio managers: People manage risks on a day to day basis, because there is risk involved in every activity in life. Some say it is an inherent feature of the physical nature of our universe. Risk Management can even be observed in nature, since every lion determines the risk involved in the hunt when preparing for a sprint thereby comparing the energy it has to expend with the expected gain by estimating its likelyhood of success!

This e-learning is designed to give a concise overview of the most fundamental risk concepts and an introduction to general techniques of managing risk as a starting point for further familiarization with a variety of more specialised topics such as Financial Risk Management or Internal Control Systems.

Learning Outcomes

Participant’s of this e-learning will be able to:

• define risk and explain the underlying concepts
• put risk management in a historical context
• describe the most fundamental contrasting risk classes
• explain why risk is costly to individiuals, companies and society as a whole
• understand the fundamental techniques to deal with risk

Prerequisites

This course is designed to give people from all backgrounds a concise introduction into the world of risk. We purposely limit mathematical and statistical explainations to the absolutely necessary minimum and instead support our explainations with a multitude of graphical illustrations of the underlying concepts. A general understanding of basic business management concepts can sometimes be beneficial.

Course Completion

After finishing this course, you can test your new knowledge during a quiz. Participants who successfully completed the course will be issued a confirmation.

In-house Offer

Graser Consulting has a long track record of offering in-house trainings for large corporations. Therefore, we also offer this course:

• exclusively for your firm
• customized to your needs and with a more practical approach
• flexible as to time and place