Dealing with Risk
Dealing with Risk
Dealing with Risk: Week 10 Assignment – Case Study: Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty
Overview
In this case study assignment, you will select a company or organization of your choice that has been dealing with risk and uncertainty within the last six months. Then you will determine solutions to organizational problems that take into account principles of risk management to improve operations and profitability.
Instructions
Write an 8-page paper in which you:
1. Evaluate a selected company’s or organization’s recent (within the last six months) actions dealing with risk and uncertainty.
2. Recommend advice for improving risk management and provide justification for the recommendation.
3. Examine an adverse selection problem the company/organization is facing, and recommend how it should minimize the negative impact of adverse selection on transactions.
4. Determine the ways the company/organization is dealing with the moral hazard problem, and suggest best practices used in the industry to deal with moral hazard.
5. Describe a principal-agent problem in the company/organization, and evaluate the tools the company/organization uses to align incentives and improve profitability/efficiency.
6. Examine the organizational structure of the company/organization, and suggest changes to improve the overall profitability/efficiency. Explain why those changes would result in an improvement to profitability.
7. Use five sources to support your writing, including one published within the last six months about the risk and uncertainty the company has faced. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The file submitted in Blackboard must be an MS Word document
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
. Determine solutions to organizational problems that take into account principles of risk management to improve operations and profitability.
| Unacceptable ( Below 70%) | Needs Improvement (70-79%) | Competent (80-89%) | Exemplary (90-100%) | |
| Evaluate a company’s or organization’s recent actions (within the last six months) dealing with risk and uncertainty. | Points:
0 (0.00%) Did not identify a company’s or organization’s recent actions (within the last six months) dealing with risk and uncertainty. |
Points:
31.5 (11.25%) Identified a company’s or organization’s recent actions (within the last six months) dealing with risk and uncertainty. |
Points:
35.7 (12.75%) Described a company’s or organization’s recent actions (within the last six months) dealing with risk and uncertainty. |
Points:
42 (15.00%) Evaluated a company’s or organization’s recent actions (within the last six months) dealing with risk and uncertainty. |
| Recommend advice for improving risk management and provide justification for the recommendation. | Points:
0 (0.00%) Did not offer advice for improving risk management. |
Points:
31.5 (11.25%) Recommended advice for improving risk management without providing sources. Did not provide justification for the recommendation. |
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35.7 (12.75%) Recommended brief advice for improving risk management and provided brief justification for the recommendation. |
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42 (15.00%) Recommended clear advice for improving risk management and provided explicit and relevant sources. Provided detailed justification for the recommendation. |
| Examine an adverse selection problem a company/organization is facing and recommend how it should minimize the negative impact of adverse selection on transactions. | Points:
0 (0.00%) Did not identify an adverse selection problem a company/organization is facing. Did not identify how it should minimize the negative impact of adverse selection on transactions. |
Points:
31.5 (11.25%) Identified an adverse selection problem a company/organization is facing but did not recommend how it should minimize the negative impact of adverse selection on transactions. |
Points:
35.7 (12.75%) Described an adverse selection problem a company/organization is facing and recommended how it should minimize the negative impact of adverse selection on transactions. |
Points:
42 (15.00%) Examined an adverse selection problem a company/organization is facing and recommend how it should minimize the negative impact of adverse selection on transactions. |
| Determine the ways a company/organization is dealing with the moral hazard problem and suggest best practices used in the industry to deal with moral hazard. | Points:
0 (0.00%) Did not identify a way a company/organization is dealing with the moral hazard problem. Did not identify a best practice used in the industry to deal with moral hazard. |
Points:
31.5 (11.25%) Identified a way a company is dealing with the moral hazard problem but did not identify a best practice used in the industry to deal with moral hazard. |
Points:
35.7 (12.75%) Determine a way a company/organization is dealing with the moral hazard problem and suggested best practices used in the industry to deal with moral hazard. |
Points:
42 (15.00%) Determined the ways a company/organization is dealing with the moral hazard problem and suggest best practices used in the industry to deal with moral hazard. |
| Describe a principal-agent problem in a company/organization and evaluate the tools the company/organization uses to align incentives and improve profitability/efficiency. | Points:
0 (0.00%) Did not identify a principal-agent problem in a company/organization. Did not identify a tool the company/organization uses to align incentives and improve profitability/efficiency. |
Points:
31.5 (11.25%) Identified a principal-agent problem in a company/organization. Identified a tool the company/organization uses to align incentives and improve profitability/efficiency. |
Points:
35.7 (12.75%) Described a principal-agent problem in a company/organization and evaluated the tools the company/organization uses to align incentives and improve profitability/efficiency. |
Points:
42 (15.00%) Described a principal-agent problem in a company/organization and evaluated the tools the company/organization uses to align incentives and improve profitability/efficiency with relevant sources provided. |
| Examine the organizational structure of a company/organization and suggest changes to improve the overall profitability/efficiency. Explain why those changes would result in an improvement to profitability. | Points:
0 (0.00%) Did not identify the organizational structure of a company/organization. Did not identify changes to improve the overall profitability/efficiency. |
Points:
31.5 (11.25%) Identified the organizational structure of a company/organization and suggested a change to improve the overall profitability/efficiency. Did not explain why the change would result in an improvement to profitability. |
Points:
35.7 (12.75%) Described the organizational structure of a company/organization and suggested changes to improve the overall profitability/efficiency. Identified how those changes would result in an improvement to profitability. |
Points:
42 (15.00%) Examined the organizational structure of a company/organization and suggested changes to improve the overall profitability/efficiency. Explained why those changes would result in an improvement to profitability. |
| Use at least five quality resources, including one that has been published in the last six months about the risk and uncertainty the company has faced. | Points:
0 (0.00%) No references provided. |
Points:
10.5 (3.75%) Did not meet the required number of references; some or all references were not peer-reviewed, academic references. |
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11.9 (4.25%) Met the required number of references; all references were peer-reviewed, academic references. |
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14 (5.00%) Met the required number of references; all references were peer-reviewed, academic references. Includes a reference that has been published in the last six months about the risk and uncertainty the company has faced. |
| Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements. | Points:
0 (0.00%) Writing has spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors, fragments, comma splices and run-ons that distract from the message. More than 6 errors present. |
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9.1 (3.25%) Writing has spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors that are distracting in some places. 5–6 errors present. |
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11.9 (4.25%) Writing has spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors that are distracting in a few places; few fragments, comma splices, and run-ons. 3–4 errors present. |
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14 (5.00%) Writing has very few spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors; few fragments, comma splices, and run-ons. 0–2 errors present |
