Ateneo - UPO

The course generally addresses the issues of control and management of corporate risks and in particular the strategies for managing financial risks. The discussion is divided into a theoretical part and an initial methodology part which is followed by various real case studies taken as examples.
The first part of the course deals with the various types of corporate risk, the risk management methods, the relevant legislation, the ERM systems, the PDCA and FMEA methodologies and the KRIs. The financial risks and their management strategies are then explored in depth: interest rate risk, exchange rate risk, credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk.
In the second part of the course, financial risks in different company situations are analyzed with the presentation of real cases and the assignment of exercises to students in the classroom along the lines of the real case studies exposed. The case studies concern different types of companies operating in the financial field, hotel, sports and energy efficiency sectors.
The course ends with a reference to continuous corporate improvement systems through active risk control and application of Kaizen and Ishikawa models.

Various teaching documentation made available to students on the university website https://eco.dir.unipmn.it with access password

1. Acquisition of financial risk management concepts and methodologies
2. Application of these concepts to practical cases
3. Multidisciplinary analyzes with application of knowledge of mathematics, finance, economics, civil and tax law, personnel management
4. Acquisition of skills to deal with issues of managing corporate crisis situations
5. Acquisition of technical language and related terminology

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1. Lessons
2. Real examples and case studies
3. Stimulation of students with questions aimed at independently solving problems with inductive learning methodologies
4. Acquisition of technical language
5. From the description of the problem to the solution by applying the illustrated techniques and methodology

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Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects

Final test of approximately one hour with questions to which the student must answer in written form
Classroom exercises following the presentation of case studies

The main types of business risk
The risk management phases
The main financial risks
The reference legislation
ERM
PDCA
FMEA
KPIs and KRIs
Credit risk, market risk, rate risk, forex risk, share risk, volatility risk and liquidity risk
Gender Equality Plan: actions for gender equality
Case study of a company in the financial sector
Case study of sports clubs
Case study in the energy efficiency sector
Continuous improvement corporate systems
Conclusions

1 Capacity to identify main financial risks and apply instruments to mitigate or eliminate such risks
2 Acquisition of quantitative models for risks management