Offered Semester 2 only
The aim of this Course is to develop and extend understanding of the concepts of management of risk and compliance in the context of good governance.
On successful completion of the course, you should be able to:
- Critically assess and advise on the use of risk and compliance frameworks as a basis for appraising, evaluating, and supporting risk and compliance management
- Critically compare and evaluate approaches to risk and compliance management
- Evaluate and critically assess the management of risk and compliance and provide professionally appropriate advice to those responsible for governance
- Critically examine and advise on the impact of the business environment on risk and compliance with regard to legislation, policy and industry changes
- Critically evaluate the impact of corporate conduct, behaviours and culture on risk and compliance management practices
Topics covered:
- Risk Management Framework
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Compliance Frameworks
- Business Continuity Management
- Reputation Risk
- Competition and Consumer Acts: Compliance
- Privacy Compliance
- Project Risk
- Environmental Risk
- Employment Law and Risk
- Workplace Health and Safety & Equal Opportunity
This course is delivered fully online over 15 weeks. There are 14 weeks of mostly self-directed learning time and includes a mid-semester teaching break (2 weeks). The course concludes with a study week before the final examination.
Assessment
Course assessment will require analysis and synthesis, and the application of theory into governance practice using case studies.
Students must attempt all assessments and achieve an overall final grade of at least 50% to pass the course.
Assignment 1 30%
Assignment 2 40%
Examination 30%