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ACCA P1 GOVERNANCE, RISK AND ETHICS

Sample Study Note

For exams in June2014

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Lesco Group Limited, April 2015

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a

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Sample Note Content:

MAIN STUDY NOTE CONTENT [TOTAL PAGES: 157] 4PRODUCT SUMMARY 9

LIVE ONLINE NOTE SAMPLE PLAN 10

CHAPTER2 RISK MANAGEMENT 14

SLIDE IN CLASS(RISK MANAGEMENT) 14

DETAILED NOTES: 19

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Main study note content [Total Pages: 157]

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Live online note sample plan

Live online tuition note plan for June2014 P1 Exam

[Only for super / gold package (there would be a unique plan for gold package)]

Live sessions: [2 hours/session---live online + recorded after class]:

Live session1: corporate governance summary

Live session2: corporate governance questions go through: DEC2007 Q1+

DEC2011 Q3+pilot paper Q4 + June2010 Q2

Live session3: Risk management summary+ DEC2008 Q2

Live session4: Ethics summary+ DEC2008 Q1(a)+ June2012

Q1(b)+June2009 Q2

Live revision note for June2014 P1 exam: [will be available since mid April 2014]:

Live revision1+2: [There would be a separate live revision note detailing all

past exam questions with answers to go through]

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Live online course timetable:

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*Please Note: This Timetable may be subjected to future changes.Kindly check regularly for any possible updates.

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Chapter2 Risk management

Slide in Class(risk management)

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Detailed notes:

Management of risks:

1. Identify risks:

How:

1. Models that may be usedSWOT

PESTEL

2. Other ways:Interview

Questionnaires

Consultants

Brainstorming

Audit reports

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Different categories of risks:

Category Action

Financial Credit control procedures/Hedging /Export insurance

Environmental Environmental Scanning /Contingency planning

Business/Operational Risk Internal control procedures /Recruitment & selection

/Testing /Training /IT controls /Insurance

Reputation Risk Stakeholder analysis /inform about any

changes/Compliance checks /Training

International Risk:

Transaction risk Different hedging techniques

Economic risk Diversification of business

Translation risk Match assets with liabilities

Political risk Keep an eye on governments latest regulations

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Who manages risks?

Risk committee:

Risks can be identified and dealt with by risk committee.

In most organizations the risk committee and audit committee would be the same

but in large corporations there would be a separate risk committee dealing with

risks issues.

Risk correlation:

There would be positive or negative risk relationship.

Positive relationship means as one risk arise or decrease then another risk would

arise or decrease.

Negative relationship means as one risk arise or decrease then another risk would

decrease or arise.

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2. Risk assessment:

This means the board is going to prioritize risks and focus on really problematic

ones.

Tool: risk mapping.

Impact

Big

Small

Likelihood

Impossible Almost certain

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The prioritization of risks would be based on objective and subjective assessment.

Objective assessment:

By reference to statistics or other forecasts by different experts.

Subjective assessment:

Would be based on 3As-

Risk Authority: if its up to board of directors who are going to manage the risks

then they would have much auithority to deal with risks more properly.

Risk Appetite: this means whether company is risk aggressive or risk averse? And

risk appetite is the combination of risk attitude(willingness to accept risks) and risk

capacity(ability to accept risks, ie, do you have enough skills and resources).

Risk Awareness: this means when company is dealing with risks then it would affect

different stakeholders within the organization and hence company need to analyse

these potential negative impact on those stakeholders like customers, suppliers etc

before any prioritization of risks is taking place.

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3. Risk strategy:

Transfer

Using insurance; setting up a joint venture would be ways to transfer risks to 3 rd

parties.

Avoidance

Totally reject a project.

Reduction

You can either use proactive approach or reactive approach to reduce risks.

Proactive approachmeans we can embed risks in culture:

1. It means ensuring that staff are thinking about risk issues as an integral part of

their work.

2. Staff should know that taking unnecessary risks will not only lead to disciplinary

action, but be regarded as unacceptable by their fellow employees.

3. So Risk management should be a part of everybodys job description, to ensure

that staffs responsibilities are clearly defined.

Reactive approachmeans we can embed risks in culture in internal control

systems:

Firstly, it suggests the need for proactive investment in systems so that their

technologies are reliable and fully functional so as to deliver required results

consistently into the future.

Secondly, such system must be monitored through the development of control

systems coupled with appropriate reporting on system operation and output.

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Acceptance

Accept the risk and not taking any measures to deal with it.

Principle: ALARP

Risk strategy is really something that occurs between avoidance and acceptance of

risk. The continuum that operates between these two points sees an interplay of

reduction and transference approaches.

Where, along the line between avoidance and acceptance, strategy plays out,

depends in part on risk attitude. Greater acceptance of risk often leads to greater

rewards. Greater avoidance of risk often leads to fewer rewards.

The concept of ALARP (As Low As is Reasonably Practicable) asks the board to

consider how many activities or risks it considers acceptable, how may it will avoid

and how high or low it is willing to push the remainder through investment in risk

management. ALARP could be viewed as a tool or technique to focus the mind, it

could also be simply a statement used to govern board deliberations, providing a

sense of prevailing risk attitude.

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4. Implementation and monitoring risks:

Risk management system is a cycle and it needs to be reviewed frequently.

The frequency would depend on companys environment:

If the companys environment is quite static like charities then it would need less

review.

If the companys environment is quite dynamic like financial services industry then

it would need more review.