M.S. in Management and Systems

CONCENTRATION IN
ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT

Risk is a necessary part of doing business, and the management of risk has become a vital function of every enterprise as a matter of corporate survival. Demanding regulations, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), hold executive management and the board of directors accountable with criminal and civil penalties for noncompliance.

This concentration focuses on understanding the process of risk identification, assessment, prevention, insurance, mitigation, and recovery, as well as governance, auditing, and control of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.

The threat of terrorism and the impact of natural disasters have left businesses and infrastructure management unprepared to continue normal operations under even “minor” cataclysmic conditions. This situation reinforces the need for an intellectual and functional knowledge of a formal business continuity and crisis management process. An understanding of this process assists executives, middle managers, and the workforce in establishing organizational impact analyses, risk assessments, and mid- and post-crisis management methods.

Using common operational, strategic, tactical, and technological scenarios, the curriculum provides students with a comprehensive approach to the challenges faced by managers where global data is readily available, risk is pervasive, regulations are ever-increasing, and the threat of disruption from potential crises is real.

Graduates who have focused on this concentration have established themselves in a range of career paths and positions on the leading edge of the business and IT worlds. Here are just a few positions that current and former students hold:

• IT Business Manager
• Supply Chain Systems Analyst
• Business Intelligence Developer
• Trade Marketing Manager
• Strategic Planning Manager
• Deployment/Project Manager
• Manager, Global Risk Management
• Global Desktop Architect
• Director of Financial Systems
• Director of Global Financial Planning and Administration

COURSES IN THIS CONCENTRATION

• Risk Recognition, Assessment, and Mitigation
• Information Security Management
• Auditing
• Operational and Financial Analysis for Insurance Professionals
• Financial Services and Trading Institutions
• Ethical Risk: Regulatory, Global, and Personal
• Crisis Management Dynamics and Program Implementation

• View complete degree requirements for detailed course information