Internal Controls - Controlling Risk in the Workplace: The Manager's Role
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Chapter 6: Who is Responsible - Andras Tom's Manager
András, Tom’s Manager
NYS&You: How do you view risk and risk controls?
András: Risk management is essential to the success of a project. It should be part of your day-to-day operations and included in project meetings and the training of staff.
NYS&You: What aspect of risk management do you think people often forget?
András: Project risk management has a negative connotation: things such as documenting the designs and getting them approved before making software programming changes are sometimes considered the "bad guys" and “time wasters” that can harm your project. However, it is also important to focus on positive risks, the project opportunities. These are the uncertain events that can occur in your project and department when you don’t take the time to plan and document the approval of those plans. These "good guys" make your project faster, better and more profitable. You need to find ways to capitalize these.
NYS&You: What advice do you have for managers?
András: Do not treat all risks equally. Some risks have a higher impact than others. Therefore, you better spend your time on the risks that can cause the biggest losses and gains and find controls for these first.
You Can Control Workplace Risks
A workplace risk is anything that could go wrong - anything that could prevent you from getting the job done right.
It is your responsibility to make sure that you do the right things and set the right example.
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New York State Governor's Office of Employee Relations