FIN 415 Complete Course

Week 1

Individual Risk Management Overview Paper

Resources: Corporate Risk Management, Risk Management Insurance (Harrington), Risk Management Insurance(Trieschmann), and Electronic Reserve Readings

Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper.

Define organizational and business risk, and describe their relevance to your organization, or one with which you are familiar.

Discuss at least three additional corporate risk terms from your readings or other resources, and their relevance to your organization.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Discussion Questions

What is risk management? What is the importance of risk management in an organization? How does risk management mitigation create value for an organization?

What are the benefits of risk management? What is the difference between hard and soft risk management benefits? Why would an organization choose one risk management benefit over another?

What are the different types of risk? How would you differentiate a typical risk and a corporate risk? Which type of risk has the most impact on your organization, or one with which you are familiar?

Week 2

Individual Assignment Risk Management Techniques Paper

Learning Team Risk Management Identification and Assessment Paper

Prepare a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you address the following:

Explain at least three risk management benefits and the rationale behind selecting each risk management technique.

Conduct a risk assessment of your organization, or one with which you are familiar, to show how risk management contributes to stakeholder wealth maximization.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Discussion Questions

What are some techniques for measuring risk? How do you differentiate between these techniques? How would an organization use country risk analysis in determining global expansion?

What is the Delphi technique in risk management? How would you use the results of the Delphi technique? Are the results of the Delphi technique applicable to an issue in your organization? Explain.

How would you describe beta? How does beta assist in identifying the different levels of risk? When would you use beta?

Week 3

Individual Risk Management Problem, Set I

Resource: Foundations of Finance

Prepare written responses to the following assignments from the text:

Ch. 6: Problem 6-1

Ch. 10: Problem 10-15

Learning Team Risk Measurement Summary

Resource: Foundations of Finance

Prepare responses to the following questions in Foundations of Finance.

Questions 6-10 a, 6-10 b, 6-10 c (Ch. 6)

Prepare a 350- to 700-word summary in which you compare and contrast conclusions by utilizing expected return, standard deviation, and the capital asset pricing model.

Make a recommendation to management about which technique is most appropriate from a risk measurement standpoint.

Support your recommendations with calculations from the problems in Foundations of Finance.

Learning Team Problems 6-10A, 6-10B, 6-10C,

Discussion Questions

What is a forward contract? How is a forward contract used to manage risk? Under what circumstances is this instrument most appropriately used?

What is a derivative? How are derivatives used in risk management? What are some of the challenges used in mitigating risk with derivatives?

What is an audit committee? What is the function of an audit committee? How does an audit committee w/in your organization go about insuring compliance with SEC (Securities Exchange Commission) regulations?

Week 4

Individual Risk Management Problem, Set II

Resource: Foundations of Finance

Prepare written responses to the following assignments from the text:

Ch. 17: Problems 17-1, 17-2, and 17-5

Learning Team Risk Management Summary

Resource: Foundations of Finance

Prepare written responses to the Mini Case problems from the text:

Ch. 17: Problems A-I

Prepare a 350- to 700-word summary in which you compare and contrast at least two risk management tools and techniques from forward contracts, future contracts, and derivatives.

Make a recommendation to management about which technique is most appropriate from a risk management standpoint. Support your findings by including answers and rationale from the Mini Case.

Discussion Questions

What is tolerance of risk and how would you measure it? How would you compare and contrast being risk seeking vs. risk avoidance?

What is valuation? How would you apply valuation methods? Explain why it is an important tool in risk management.

What is a risk management plan? Choose a component and relate this to the effectiveness of the risk management plan.

Week 5

Learning Team Risk Management Plan Proposal and Presentation

Resource: Corporate Risk Management

Obtain facilitator approval for your organization before beginning this assignment.

Make reference to the risk management plan in Section 3.6 of Corporate Risk Management.

Prepare a 1,750- to 2,100word risk management plan for your organization, using work from previous assignments.

Address the following in your plan:

Background of organization

Risk identification

Risk measurement techniques

Risk management techniques

Risk management benefits

Insurance perspective assessment

Conclusions and recommendations

Format your plan consistent with APA guidelines.

Discussion Questions

What is a domestic trend/issue in risk management? How might this trend/issue evolution? What potential impact might this trend/issue have on risk management?

What is a global trend/issue in risk management? How might this trend/issue evolution? What potential impact might this trend/issue have on risk management?

What is a strategy for managing risk? What are some potential future risks? How would you develop strategies to mitigate these future risks?