My father had a strange way of ‘improving the atmosphere at home’. Whenever my sister and I quarrelled he turned purple and than hit the table (or my head, which- ever was best in reach) and shouted: ‘From now on etc. etc.’
Needless to say that this did not work the way he planned, but he was (temporarily) satisfied: he had undertaken some action and he had made his point.
In many cases we see the same kind of managerial behaviour when it comes to risk management.
A risk materialises unexpectedly (that is what they do best ) and somebody gets the blame. He/she is not supposed to let it happen again and the work continues (after cleaning up the mess, of course).
Clearly this does not work at all. Best case scenario is that the employee will be alert to this specific risk but that will not prevent other risks from materialising.

Content of the lesson:

• Introduction
• Chance, opportunity and risk
• Categorising primary consequences
• Creating involvement

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Introduction to risk management

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