Handbook home
Business Risk Management (MULT90014)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Email: m.davern@unimelb.edu.au
Winter Term
Email: m.davern@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 Winter Term |
---|---|
Fees | Look up fees |
Risk management is a key business activity that impacts the full range of organisational activities and functional areas across the enterprise. This subject surveys a spectrum of business risks from operational to strategic risks. It provides a foundation in enterprise risk management principles, tools and techniques such as risk scenario planning.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Analyse the need for risk management and explain how risk management influences business decisions;
- Prepare risk management documentation;
- Describe and evaluate risks of different types;
- Interpret and analyse business situations utilising a risk management framework to assess impact on the enterprise and recommend an appropriate response.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- Oral and written communication;
- Collaborative learning and team work;
- Interpretation and analysis of real-world cases;
- Problem solving.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Students without work experience should either have an undergraduate business degree or have completed 50 points of graduate study.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Group project (normally in groups of 5 students), 5000 words, with deliverables due progressively during the semester (25%)
- Individual exercises totalling 1500 words due progressively during the semester (15%)
- 2-hour end of semester examination (60%)
Note: Successful completion of this subject requires a pass (50%) in the final exam.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Michael Davern Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Semester 1:One 3-hour seminar per week; June: Two 3-hour seminars per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Email: m.davern@unimelb.edu.au
- Winter Term
Principal coordinator Michael Davern Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Semester 1:One 3-hour seminar per week; June: Two 3-hour seminars per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 June 2017 to 20 July 2017 Last self-enrol date 30 June 2017 Census date 7 July 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 July 2017 Assessment period ends 3 August 2017 Winter Term contact information
Email: m.davern@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Online readings available via the LMS
- Subject notes
This subject is open to all postgraduate students in the Graduate School of Business and Economics. Students are generally expected to have work experience and a solid foundation in business and management.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Accounting Course Master of Commerce (Actuarial Science) Course Master of Engineering Project Management - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022