“Risk management is the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities.” 這是維基百科里對風險管理的定義。簡單來說,風險管理有三部分:了解風險,評估風險以及優先化風險(決定哪個風險需要優先解決)。現在,risk manager的年薪基本在十萬美金一年,待遇相當優厚。因此,越來越多的人選擇風險管理作為自己的研究生專業。
多數風險管理的program叫做?Master of Science in (Enterprise) Risk Management。這個項目教授學生一些基本的風險管理技能,覆蓋面較廣,包括:financial risk management, operation risk management等等。當然,如果對自己的需求非常清晰的話,可以選擇專門研究一個方面的風險管理項目,但并不是每個學校都有,需要申請者多做做調研。
2.Risk Management項目期間要學習的課程
通常來說,MS (Master of Science) in Risk Management的項目時長為一年半到兩年,期間會學習Business各方面的知識,包括Finance, Human resource, Operation等等,來幫助學生理解商業的運作模式,進而掌握風險管理的技巧。
以哥倫比亞大學為例,其項目課程如下:
Required:
Value-Based Enterprise Risk Management
Traditional Risk and ERM Practices
External Stakeholder Requirements
Introduction to Finance
Managing Human Behavior in the Organization
Strategic Communications for Risk Professionals
Enterprise Risk Management Capstone
Choose two:
Strategic Risk Management
Operational Risk Management
Financial Risk Management
Insurance Risk Management
Choose three:
Introduction to Quantitative Risk Management
FRM Practices
Company Failures
Systemic Risk
ERM Modeling
Information Technology Risk Management
Enterprise Information Security: Threats and Defense