Risk%20Management%20Workshop

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Risk Management Workshop

• Technology Departments

RA Moffatt
Technology Education Centre Omagh
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• Process Overview
• Identify Department Objectives
• Identify Practical Risks
• Quantify Risks
• Assess Controls
• Prioritise Action

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• Process for identifying objectives and key risks
• Control strategy and risk management policy
• Allocation of risk ownership

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• Department Risk may be defined as,
• exposure to an event, action or process that
• will have impact on
• the effectiveness of teaching and learning
• safety of staff and pupils
• contribution to whole school policies.

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• Risk management is about mitigation not
• elimination.
• Without risk we achieve nothing
• Effective risk management will ensure that
• where we do take risk it is appropriate and
• reasonable to do so.

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• Benefits of Risk Management
• Fewer accidents
• Greater likelihood of achieving objectives
• More effective learning environment
• More focus on doing things right
• Better framework for good practice

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• Stewardship Statement
• Have the key risks in your area of responsibility
  been identified?
• Are your Departments risks assessed and
  prioritised?
• Has the management of each risk been assigned to
  a named individual?

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• Inherent Risk
• Residual Risk

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• Identify key business risks for your department
• What is your Departments main aim. What could
  damage this?
• What are the resources used in the department?.
• What are the key inputs in your department?
• How does your department differ from other
  subject areas?

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• Identify Key Business Risks for your department
• What is the profile of your pupils. Are there
  existing concerns?
• How reliant on technology are you? What are the
  main causes for concern?
• What are your specialisms? What underpins these?

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• Identify Key Risks
• What are the key regulations in place?
• What are the implications of breaches in
  regulations?
• Does your department adhere to whole school
  policy on risk assessment?

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• Identify Key Risks in Your Department
• Under what conditions could your department
  suffer a loss of trust or confidence. What would
  be the consequences?
• Are outcomes in your department dependent on
  inputs from other areas over which you have no
  control?

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• Categories of Risk
• Strategic are we doing the right thing?
• Operational do we do what we do well?
• Financial could we lose money or incur costs?
• Reputation could our image be damaged?
• Information do our systems/data give complete,
  accurate and timely information?
• People are we over-dependent on key staff?
• Regulatory do we meet our legal obligations?

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• Risk Evaluation
• Likelihood and Impact
• The Boston Grid

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• Effective Controls
• Documented Procedures
• Physical Access Restrictions
• Inventory Records
• Ongoing Review

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• How will Risk Management be embedded in
• your Department?
• Issues for Head of Department, Teachers
• and SMT?