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Lesson 4: Testing & Analyzing the strategic plans\u200b<\/h2>\n

Risk Assessment<\/h3>\n

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Definition:<\/h5>\n
A strategic risk assessment is a systematic, continuous process for organisations to identify its strategic risks and understand how those risks are being managed across the business. “Strategic risks” are the risks that are most consequential to the organisation’s ability to execute its strategy and achieve its objectives. They entail the risk exposures that can ultimately impact shareholder value or even threaten the business’s survival.<\/h5>\n

Strategic Risk Assessment Steps:<\/h3>\n
\n\n\t\t\t\t\t Understand the strategies of the organisation
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The first step of the risk assessment is to develop an overview of the organisation’s key strategies and business objectives. For some businesses, this data may already be well-developed and formally documented. If not, the risk assessment team can leverage examples such as The Return Driven Strategy model to understand and identify the strategies most critical to achieving the organisation’s overall objectives. This is a crucial step in helping management and the Board eventually prioritise the potential risks to these strategies.<\/h5>\n<\/details>\n
\n\n\t\t\t\t\t Collect data and views on strategic risks from the organization
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The second step is to collect information from the organisation regarding its strategic risks. This can be achieved by: Reviewing financial reports and investor presentations Interviewing key executive leaders regarding what they view as strategic risks Surveying business leaders and other personnel with views on risks, e.g. compliance, internal audit, and external audit teams It can be helpful to use the information gathered on strategic risks in Step 1 to frame these interviews and surveys around the business’s key strategies. It can also be useful to interview key executive leaders regarding what they view as potential emerging risks in addition to gathering their feedback on strategic risks.<\/h5>\n<\/details>\n
\n\n\t\t\t\t\t Prepare a preliminary strategic risk profile
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The next step is to utilize the results from steps 1 and 2 of the risk assessment planning to develop a preliminary profile of the organisation’s strategic risks. The risk assessment team can use the Strategic Risk Management Model as a template to help assess the risks related to each of the top strategies identified. Ultimately, this profile should contain a list of the top risks to the organisation’s strategy and objectives and their potential severity or ranking. How detailed this profile is, and how it will be presented, should be carefully catered to the culture of your organisation. Color-coding risks and using visual heat maps may be helpful in presenting this information to management and the Board for review and discussion.<\/h5>\n<\/details>\n
\n\n\t\t\t\t\t Validate and finalize the strategic risk profile with management and the Boar
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Upon presenting the preliminary strategic risk profile to leadership, the next step is for the risk assessment team to facilitate a discussion among key executives to help refine, validate, and finalize the risk profile. The ensuing cross-dialogue and conversations about risk and opportunity are among the most valuable conversations for shaping business strategy, as they unite executives across the organisation to share their unique perspectives and collectively vet and prioritise the organisation’s top key risks.<\/h5>\n<\/details>\n
\n\n\t\t\t\t\t Develop a strategic risk management action plan
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This step entails leveraging the results of the previous steps to produce an actionable plan to help manage and monitor the identified strategic risks. The action plan involves developing an appropriate risk response (accept, avoid, pursue, reduce, share) to each critical risk identified in accordance with the organisation’s risk appetite. The consolidated action plan should prioritise these risk responses and allocate resources across them. Best practice indicates the action plan should also include a charter that: Has a formal statement on the organisation’s risk appetite Assigns responsibilities and accountability for risk monitoring and actions among management, internal audit, and compliance<\/h5>\n<\/details>\n
\n\n\t\t\t\t\t Communicate the strategic risk profile and action plan
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Once the strategic risk management action plan has been developed, it should be validated and finalized by management and the Board. Once finalized, this profile and plan must be communicated with the organisation in order to help develop and build the organisation’s risk culture.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

\n\n\t\t\t\t\t Implement the enterprise risk management action plan
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The value of performing a strategic risk assessment is realized when the organisation implements the resulting action plan to manage and monitor its strategic risks. However, enterprise risk management should not be regarded as a one-time, annual procedure, but as a continual, ongoing process that can be built upon and strengthened.<\/h5>\n<\/details>\n
The first step of the risk assessment is to develop an overview of the organisation’s key strategies and business objectives. For some businesses, this data may already be well-developed and formally documented. If not, the risk assessment team can leverage examples such as The Return Driven Strategy model to understand and identify the strategies most critical to achieving the organisation’s overall objectives. This is a crucial step in helping management and the Board eventually prioritise the potential risks to these strategies.<\/h5>\n
The second step is to collect information from the organisation regarding its strategic risks. This can be achieved by: Reviewing financial reports and investor presentations Interviewing key executive leaders regarding what they view as strategic risks Surveying business leaders and other personnel with views on risks, e.g. compliance, internal audit, and external audit teams It can be helpful to use the information gathered on strategic risks in Step 1 to frame these interviews and surveys around the business’s key strategies. It can also be useful to interview key executive leaders regarding what they view as potential emerging risks in addition to gathering their feedback on strategic risks.<\/h5>\n
The next step is to utilize the results from steps 1 and 2 of the risk assessment planning to develop a preliminary profile of the organisation’s strategic risks. The risk assessment team can use the Strategic Risk Management Model as a template to help assess the risks related to each of the top strategies identified. Ultimately, this profile should contain a list of the top risks to the organisation’s strategy and objectives and their potential severity or ranking. How detailed this profile is, and how it will be presented, should be carefully catered to the culture of your organisation. Color-coding risks and using visual heat maps may be helpful in presenting this information to management and the Board for review and discussion.<\/h5>\n
Upon presenting the preliminary strategic risk profile to leadership, the next step is for the risk assessment team to facilitate a discussion among key executives to help refine, validate, and finalize the risk profile. The ensuing cross-dialogue and conversations about risk and opportunity are among the most valuable conversations for shaping business strategy, as they unite executives across the organisation to share their unique perspectives and collectively vet and prioritise the organisation’s top key risks.<\/h5>\n
This step entails leveraging the results of the previous steps to produce an actionable plan to help manage and monitor the identified strategic risks. The action plan involves developing an appropriate risk response (accept, avoid, pursue, reduce, share) to each critical risk identified in accordance with the organisation’s risk appetite. The consolidated action plan should prioritise these risk responses and allocate resources across them. Best practice indicates the action plan should also include a charter that: Has a formal statement on the organisation’s risk appetite Assigns responsibilities and accountability for risk monitoring and actions among management, internal audit, and compliance<\/h5>\n

Once the strategic risk management action plan has been developed, it should be validated and finalized by management and the Board. Once finalized, this profile and plan must be communicated with the organisation in order to help develop and build the organisation’s risk culture.<\/p>\n

The value of performing a strategic risk assessment is realized when the organisation implements the resulting action plan to manage and monitor its strategic risks. 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