832N1 Management of Risk

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832N1 Management of Risk
Essay Assignment
As we have discussed in the module, risk and its management is a multifaceted
topic that must be addressed by all organisations in a variety of ways. As such,
your paper will allow you to demonstrate a deeper level of understanding of an
area of your choice. Therefore you should choose one of the following:
1. Select a company or organisation that has gone or is going through a
significant change and research how risks at the business level are being
managed. Critically discuss how risk and stakeholders were managed and
suggest alternatives that could have improved the result. Draw on your own
experience and reflections resulting from your previous work and/or the
seminar programme to critically discuss the strengths and limitations of various
tools and techniques.
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832N1 Management of Risk
Essay Assignment
2. Choose a project completed or in execution and research how project risk
was managed. Critically discuss how risk and stakeholders were managed and
suggest alternatives that could have improved the result. Draw on your own
experience and reflections resulting from your previous work and/or the
seminar programme to critically discuss the strengths and limitations of various
tools and techniques.
3. Identify an incident where risk management failed. Complete a root cause
analysis and critically discuss what happened and how stakeholders were
managed. Suggest alternative approaches and lessons learnt making reference
to the literature on accidents. Draw on your own experience and reflections
resulting from your previous work and/or the seminar programme to critically
discuss the strengths and limitations of various tools and techniques.
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832N1 Management of Risk
Essay Assignment
4. Identify a contested technology and critically discuss how different
conceptions of risk (i.e. probabilistic, psychometric, cultural etc.) are shaping
the public debate about acceptance of the technology. Critically discuss how
stakeholders are being managed and suggest alternatives. Draw on your own
experience and reflections resulting from your previous work and/or the
seminar programme to critically discuss the strengths and limitations of various
tools and techniques.
• It is expected that each paper will show excellent research and analysis skills.
Each paper should be 3000 words (+/- 10%). It should have citations following
the Harvard referencing format. We are serious about plagiarism and scripts
found to be engaging in academic misconduct will be reported.

 
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Contemporary Developments in Business and Management (SIM337)

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832N1 Management of Risk
Essay Assignment
As we have discussed in the module, risk and its management is a multifaceted
topic that must be addressed by all organisations in a variety of ways. As such,
your paper will allow you to demonstrate a deeper level of understanding of an
area of your choice. Therefore you should choose one of the following:
1. Select a company or organisation that has gone or is going through a
significant change and research how risks at the business level are being
managed. Critically discuss how risk and stakeholders were managed and
suggest alternatives that could have improved the result. Draw on your own
experience and reflections resulting from your previous work and/or the
seminar programme to critically discuss the strengths and limitations of various
tools and techniques.
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832N1 Management of Risk
Essay Assignment
2. Choose a project completed or in execution and research how project risk
was managed. Critically discuss how risk and stakeholders were managed and
suggest alternatives that could have improved the result. Draw on your own
experience and reflections resulting from your previous work and/or the
seminar programme to critically discuss the strengths and limitations of various
tools and techniques.
3. Identify an incident where risk management failed. Complete a root cause
analysis and critically discuss what happened and how stakeholders were
managed. Suggest alternative approaches and lessons learnt making reference
to the literature on accidents. Draw on your own experience and reflections
resulting from your previous work and/or the seminar programme to critically
discuss the strengths and limitations of various tools and techniques.
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832N1 Management of Risk
Essay Assignment
4. Identify a contested technology and critically discuss how different
conceptions of risk (i.e. probabilistic, psychometric, cultural etc.) are shaping
the public debate about acceptance of the technology. Critically discuss how
stakeholders are being managed and suggest alternatives. Draw on your own
experience and reflections resulting from your previous work and/or the
seminar programme to critically discuss the strengths and limitations of various
tools and techniques.
• It is expected that each paper will show excellent research and analysis skills.
Each paper should be 3000 words (+/- 10%). It should have citations following
the Harvard referencing format. We are serious about plagiarism and scripts
found to be engaging in academic misconduct will be reported.

 
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Issues in management: Walmart case study

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With reference to the case of Walmart in Germany:
What challenges can companies face when entering
new overseas markets?
Why did Walmart ‘fail’ in Germany?
What do you think Walmart has learned from this
experience that it can use in other markets it enters?
Please note: Answer all parts of the question and
use relevant theories and concepts in answering the
question.
CORE READINGS
Christopherson, S (2007) Barriers to ‘US style’ lean retailing: the
case of Wal-Mart’s failure in Germany,Journal of Economic
Geography, Volume 7, Issue 4, 1 July 2007, Pages
451–469,https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbm010
Durand, C and Wrigley, N (2009) Institutional and Economic
Determinants of Transnational Retailer Expansion and
Performance: A Comparative Analysis of Wal-Mart and Carrefour,
Environment and Planning A, Vol 41, Issue 7, Available at:
http://cemi.ehess.fr/docannexe/file/2484/durand.wrigley.pdf
Subhadra, K. (2004) Walmart’s German Misadventure.
Hyderabad, India: ICFAI Center for Management Research. (On
Canvas)

 
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Issues in Management

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The 2008 financial crisis has been described as a
banking crisis. Which aspects of the banking
systems of Western countries contributed to the
financial crisis?
Q2 Core readings
Campbell, J (2011), The US financial crisis:
Lessons for theories of institutional
complementarity, Socio-Economic Review, Vol.
9, no. 2, pp. 211-234. Available on Canvas.
Crotty, J (2009), Structural causes of the global
financial crisis, Cambridge Journal of
Economics, vol 33, no. 4, pp. 563-580 (available
on canvas).
Hardie, I. and Howarth, D. (2013), Framing

 
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