How to improve your career by doing an enterprise risk management course

With companies expanding into many new and dynamic fields their dramatic expansion  comes with risks that must be controlled in order to continue their growth, or  even their normal operations. By doing an enterprise risk management course you will become invaluable to your company.

Firstly, because of the consequences unidentified risk can have on a company, it is  important that you are able to identify and anticipate risk before it becomes a  problem. But this is not always possible which means that you should also be able to respond to risk.

Fortunately, it&rsquo;s not all negative. By being able to identify risk accurately, you can have a positive effect on your company as well. For instance, you can help your company gain a competitive advantage if the market environment changes.

There is also a personal advantage to doing such a course. Because of the impact risk has, your knowledge will mean your employability and earning potential is likely to  increase after the completion of such a course. Additionally, the personal satisfaction that you can gain from helping avert trouble or giving your  company an advantage in a troubled market must not be ignored.

With such a course being so valuable to both your company and yourself, choosing the right  place to do your enterprise risk management course  is the first important step you must take.

The Business School at Varsity College provides tuition support for the Enterprise Risk Management programme. This programme is a Short Certificate Programme that is several weeks long and is certified by the University of the  Free State (UFS) Business School. This programme is 5 weeks long and looks at topics such as defining risk, identifying the risks of organisations are exposed to, risk  response planning and risk management and control.

The Business School is part of Varsity College, an educational brand of The Independent institute of  education, which is registered as a Private Higher Education  Institution with the Department of Education under the Higher Education Act  1997. The IIE is South Africa&rsquo;s largest independent provider of tertiary education.

If you&rsquo;re interested in this programme, or any other programme please contact us at The Business School at Varsity College,  or go to www.thebusinessschool.co.za.