Strategic Risk Management Course Outline

Unit 1: Establish your Team and Survey the Scene

  • Introduction
  • Defining Risk/ Strategic Risk; Risk Management; Enterprise Risk Management
  • Defining Leadership in Risk Management
  • Defining your Role in department and externally within University
  • Meeting and working with your Risk Management Committee
  • Risk Profile
  • Using the ‘Risk Rating Form’ to assess program and facility risks

Unit 2: Assessing and Prioritizing Risks

  • Determining the ‘Global department risks’ i.e. risks in other areas (e.g. finance, H.R., data etc.)
  • Completing the online Best Practices survey on ‘Global Risks’
  • Creating a Risk Map for the department
  • Working with Risk Management Committee to prioritizing risks
  • Exploring the concept of ‘residual risk’ and how it applies to decision making
  • Creating a ‘Risk Rating & Control Grid’ for the department

Unit 3: Focusing on the Key Elements of the Risk Manager Job

  • Reviewing the roles of the Risk Manager and Risk Management Committee
  • Discussing the results from the ‘Global’ Best Practices survey
  •  Developing a ‘Department Training Grid’
    • Identifying training needs, options and delivery mechanisms
    • Department vs. Unit training (global vs. local)

Unit 4: Defining your External Role; Pulling it all Together

  • Risk Management in larger context
    • Campus Recreation and the University
  • Identifying key campus relationships and identifying champions
  • Meeting with the University Risk Manager
  • Identifying ways to position department as a Risk Management leader
  • Pulling it all together
    • Developing your department Risk Management Plan
    • Making a presentation to the Director and department
    • Getting endorsement for your plan – and your role as Risk Manager

In July of 2015 California State University, Chico had the opportunity to participate in Sport Risk’s new ‘Best Practices’ risk management review conducted by Ian McGregor & Associates. Ian is clearly one of the most knowledgable and experienced leaders in risk management practices and our institution was excited to be one of the first Universities to use this new evaluation process. 

 While evaluating our programs we found his work to be innovative, comprehensive, and easy to use throughout all aspects of our various recreation programs. Because of his outstanding work we are using the recommendations as a catalyst for program improvement.  Being able to contrast our practices with other NIRSA institutions is invaluable in bringing our programs to a higher standard of excellence. Without hesitation, I would recommend this process to any collegiate recreation program who is interested in current, state of the art, risk management practices. You will find Ian McGregor and Associates to be professional and cost effective in helping you meet your administrative responsibilities.

Kimberly Scott

Director of Recreational Sports
Associate Director of Student Life
California State University, Chico

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