RSK4803
Assignment 3 2024
Detailed Solutions, References & Explanations
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Due Date: 7 October 2024
QUESTION 1
1.1.
In a management meeting, it was decided that the company needs to establish the risk
management function. However, there were different views about the main objective of risk
management.
Choose the correct view about the responsibility of risk management:
a. The chief executive officer held that the responsibility of risk management would be
to assess, control and finance critical risks facing the organisation and report the
outcomes to the board.
b. The chief financial officer stated that the responsibility of risk management would be to
assess critical risks facing the organisation and communicate the assessment to
management and the board.
c. The human resources director argued that the responsibility of risk managementTerms
would be
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to compile a report on all risk exposures of the organisation for use of this document
reporting you agree to:
to the board.
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duplicate, that misrepresent
reproduce and/or the responsibility of risk
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stakeholders or misuse
of the this document.
organisation.
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The correct view about the responsibility of risk management is:
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a. The chief executive officer held that the responsibility of risk management form orwould be to
by any means.
assess, control, and finance critical risks facing the organisation and report the outcomes