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Risk Monitoring and Communications

Jul 25, 2017

Today’s Risk Management Challenges: It’s a Small World After All

   In late June, I spoke at a conference in Italy focused on risk management and organizational change.  Those in attendance included both business professionals and academics interested in understanding…
Rich Muzikar

Feb 23, 2017

Importance of Key Risk Indicators (KRIs)

Richard (“Rich”) G. Muzikar, Director, Enterprise Risk Management at ConEdison, talks about his organization's use of Key Risk Indicators (KRIs). 

Feb 23, 2017

2017 The State of Risk Oversight Report: An Overview of Enterprise Risk Management Practices

Explore the 2017 State of Risk Oversight report by NC State’s ERM Initiative and the AICPA, offering insights from executives on the maturity of ERM practices across various industries.

Nov 29, 2016

Five Recurring Themes for Enhancing Risk Oversight

Article by Mark S. Beasley: Over the past month I have had the opportunity to meet and talk with a number of risk management executives who have engaged with us at our ERM Initiative Advisory Board meeting, our ERM Roundtable Summit, and our inaugural ERM in Higher Education workshop, and I have traveled to Europe to participate in ERM conferences there. In all these experiences I have observed a number of common themes related to opportunities to strengthen ERM processes. These opportunities seem to transcend organizational size, industry, and geographic location. Let me highlight five challenges that ERM leaders view as opportunities to strengthen the value of their organization's ERM efforts.
Keith Cureton and Mark Beasley

Nov 21, 2016

​Using Risk Profile Summaries to Oversee Top Risks

Keith Cureton, Vice President of Global Compliance and Ethics at UPS discusses how UPS communicates risk information to senior management and the board of directors.

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.

Jan 20, 2016

A Risk Manager’s Role in Strategic Leadership

A misalignment of risk priorities often exists between the risk manager and the executive decision makers. What can risk managers do to help them establish their significance and contribution to the organization? As in almost any emerging field, risk management requires effective communication and robust contribution from all parties in order to extract the most value for the organization.

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.

Jun 16, 2014

2014 Research Report on Current State of Enterprise Risk Management

The 2014 Research Report on Enterprise Risk Management provides insights from 446 executives across various industries, exploring the maturity of ERM processes in their organizations.