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Nov 18, 2021

Looking for a better way to report risk information to management?

The ERM Initiative is pleased to provide this new case study, “Management Dashboards: Visualizing Enterprise Risks”, that illustrates a number of different ways organizations are embedding risk insights into management’s dashboard reports.  The report was prepared by graduate students in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University based on input they received from 19 companies covering 9 industries including healthcare, financial services, pharmaceuticals, utilities, and wholesale/retail trades. 

Jul 14, 2021

Getting Started with ERM: A Guide for Nonprofits Templates

The ERM Initiative at NC State is pleased to offer this resource, Getting Started with Enterprise Risk Management: A Guide for Nonprofits. The guide includes a comprehensive set of practical tools and templates that organizations can download and use to advance their risk governance practices to navigate today’s rapidly changing risk landscape. 

Jan 9, 2020

The Art & Science of Key Risk Indicators: A Case Study Analysis

Many organizations struggle to develop Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) that will provideearly warnings that risks may be more likely to materialize. This case study looks at 5 different organizations that have put KRIs in place and delves into the timing and rationale behind KRI implementation as well as the methods used to develop KRIs and the ongoing risk reporting and monitoring.

Sep 22, 2016

Case Studies on Key Risk Indicators

NC State's ERM Initiative is pleased to release a thought paper, Key Risk Reporting and Key Risk Indicators, that highlights three case study illustrations of how organizations have developed effective processes for reporting risk information. These case studies are based on real life examples of how companies have addressed the need for effective risk measures.

Dec 10, 2015

Reporting Key Risk Information to the Board of Directors

The new thought paper on reporting key risk information to the Board of Directors highlights common practices used within organizations to communicate risk information.

Dec 7, 2015

How to Effectively Report Key Risks to Board

How to effectively report key risks to the Board, supported with various examples and supporting information.

Jan 3, 2011

Impact of Risk Management Failures on the Financial Crisis

A report released by The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission presents findings and conclusions related to the causes of the 2008-2010 financial and economic crisis in the United States. Failures of corporate governance and risk management at many systemically important financial institutions are among key causes of the crisis, as concluded by the Commission.

Mar 24, 2006

Home Depot’s Approach to ERM

David Whatley, vice president for risk management at Atlanta-based Home Depot Inc., spoke on March 24th to 130 business professionals at the second of three Spring 2006 ERM Roundtables. Whatley described Home Depot’s approach to managing risks at the world’s largest home improvement retailer.