BUS 635 - Organizational Risk Management

3 Credits

This course provides a complete review of the financial principles and practices used to manage risk in organizations with a focus on linking strategic planning, measurement analysis and best practice theory to actual practice. The course covers principles of insurance including pricing, measurement, risk and regulations. The course looks at the aversion to risk as well as various methodologies used to minimize and manage risk. Covered in the course are retirement plans, social security, insurance and investments. The course assessment is based upon papers, discussions, and a final integrated project.