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The risk management assignment of the Macville Pty Ltd involves different types of the elements that helps them to facilitate an efficient and effective operation. Elements of Macville risk management generally include different policies and procedures, business planning and budgeting, review regarding the risk management, different monthly report and external audits so they can understand the current position of the organisation and enable the quick response so they can avoid risks regarding the strategic as well as commercial risk. Different policies regarding the human resources, corporate governance and finance helped them to understand different types of problems they are currently facing so they can develop effective risk management plan to mitigate this. Therefore, it supports the ISO 31000:2009 standards because it is intended to harmonise in the risk management processes in the present as well as the future standards. This standard also provides a common approach for supporting the standards to deal with the specific level of rikss so it cannot replace those standards. This standard provides an effective guideline because it is not intended for promoting the uniformity of the risk management regarding organisation.
As a manager of the Toowoomba cafe, there are huge scopes of assessing the risk. As a senior manager of the cafe, different policies regarding the risk movement can be implemented and along with that, more internal control is possible by applying the appropriate and effective risk management strategies. There is huge scope in assessing strategies for risk management factors because identification and the evaluation of the areas in which risk can be occurred are possible (Arena et al.2011). Along with that, update and review of the current risk management strategies is possible so the problem in the current risk management strategies can be identified in the way that can increase the chances to implement the effective risk management strategies. As a senior manager, it is possible to identify the areas of the risk management that are not correctly addressed. Therefore, it is possible for the manager to provide effective advice to the director so appropriate can be taken.
Manager can undertake an annual review for the effectiveness of the system regarding the internal control of the system so they can provide a report to the directors about the current scenario of the problem along with the recommendations. Therefore, it can be sad that a manager is involved in different risk management strategies like the identification of the risk, planning regarding risk management, quantitative and qualitative risk analysis, planning regarding risk responses, and monitoring of risks..
The main goal or objective of the senior manager in the risk management procedure is identification of the effectiveness of the current risk management procedure. If there is any problem in the current risk management strategy is identified by them then it is their responsibility of the manager to advice board members some strategy by which this problem can be resolved (Wu and Olson, 2010).
The senior managers are generally involved to identify gaps in the current risk management procedures (Walker et al.2013). Risk management are generally applied requires five different types of activities like the support from the top level management, different types of cultural imperatives, involvement of everyone in the business structure, patter of the measurements and the integral parts of the entire management processes as well as structure.
Therefore, there are several critical success factors behind the scope of the role of senior manager. Those factors are as follows:
There are several internal stakeholders of the cafe are supplier, customers and employees and the external stakeholders of the cafe are government etc.
Stakeholders | Internal/external | Role in the process | Stake in the process |
Customer | Internal | Only loyal employees can participate in the risk management process because they have some care for the organisation. They can participate in the risk management procedure by providing some advice and their expectation from the organisation. | They have a very few stake in the risk management procedure |
Employees | Internal |
| Internal employees and top management has high level of stake in this risk management procedures |
Suppliers | Internal | Along with the employees, suppliers can take an effective part to manage the risks by providing different advise to the middle level management of the organisation so both the suppliers and the organisation can be benefitted from those advise | They have medium level of stake in the risk management process |
Government | External | There are several types of risks that are incorporated with the organisation that are involved in selling food product. Therefore, the government generally had taken an effective part in the risk management by implementing different food safety law. Along with that government, also implement some employment law and safety at work law so it can protect employee in the workplace. | They have very high level of stake in risk management strategy |
Table 1: Stakeholders analysis
PEST analysis:
Political | There are one of strict law regarding the utilisation of the water. Therefore, the excessive amount of the water utilisation can cause a huge amount of fine on them. |
Economical | Ongoing global recession is one of the prime external economical drivers of the Toowoomba cafe because this factor can reduce the profitability of the cafe. Local rates of the currency exchange, taxation level and the economic environment in different markets create a huge impact on the cafe (Stevenson and Sum, 2012). As Toowoomba becoming an effective place or the retirees then it can be said that global recession cannot affected them as much as general people so the cafe can take the facilities of moderately strong economic system.
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Social | The preferences of the customers are continuously changing because now they became more concern about their health (Beasleyet al., 2011). Therefore, in order to attract them very fresh bakery product is required so the two-hour transportation time can make their customers reluctant to utilise their product so it is important to establish their plant in the nearest location from their store. |
Technological | The federal governments’ broadband network is rolling out in the Toowoomba that allows them to have an effective as well as efficient teleconferencing and the video conferencing. By utilising the technology the different brand of this cafe can communicate with each other effectively and they also can hold their weekly meeting with the main branch with more effectiveness. This broadband technology can help them to implement WI-FI in their store that can help them to provide free internet services to their customers that in turns can increase their brand image. |
Table 2: PEST analysis
(Source:Bhimani, 2013)
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In order to conduct the SWOT analysis and the PEST analysis for analysing the strategic strength, there are a number of methods based on which this analysis can be conducted. The risk management framework of the Toowoomba store encompasses a number of the elements that helped the manger to facilitate effective as well as efficient operations. Along with that, it also helped to generate quick response to different types of the financial, strategic, operational as well as commercial risks (Spira and Page, 2013). These different types of elements are monthly report of the organisation, review report of the business planning and the budgeting, different types of organisational policies and the procedures, review of the risk management and the external audits. Therefore, it can be sad that the main source from which the information regarding the SWOT and PEST is conducted is different types of the secondary documents analysis of which can provide an effective scenario regarding the strategic position of the organisation. However, the strategic position of the Toowoomba store can be identified and analysed by different types of survey on the employees as well as the regular customer of the Toowoomba cafe.
It is seen that the cafe is situated in the corner of two main street of the Toowoomba city that helps them to get huge customer base however, their two hours of delivery time of the bakery item to reach from the plant to the store make their strategy to provide fresh pastry items to the customers impossible. From the scenario, it is seen that the Hurley’s cafe is one of the family run business and in this business, maximum staffs are the family member so it can be said there can be a lack in the professionalism in the business. It is seen from the business that the Mr. Hurley who is the owner of the store sets all of the processes and the policies related to the company verbally. He instructed verbally to his employee about how they can maintain the organisational work. Moreover, another crucial problem that they are currently facing is related to their water utilisation. They waste water unnecessarily, which incurs huge amount of extra costs. Water utilisation for their dishwater costs $6000 and their dual flash system $7,500. However, they want to create a highly performing organisation but they are unable to handle the flow of cash in their organisation. It is seen that they are unable to maintain their banking everyday for which their cash was kept over their store overnight that may create some safety related issues. Rather than the cash handling related issues, it is also seen that their cash register are maintained buy the family staff so there may be some big disparity. Along with that, their interior as well as the exterior design of their store is very much unattractive in nature because some of their chairs are unstable and even broken. This cafe does not have any effective and established process to deal with the workplace injury. This store have only one computer in their store that is not protected with the password so there are huge possibility that it is maintained by different staff who can access all of the information regarding employee details and the financial record of the organisation. Along with that, their store also has incomplete record of their wages and there are so many calculations that are handled by multiple employees so it increases the risks related to the disparity on the calculations. Due to their ineffective promotional strategies, they are facing lack of competitive advantage for their organisation. There are several organisations are opening their branch in Toowoomba, so there is huge possibility that the store can face huge amount of competition from those organisation.
By analysing the scenario there are several risks that have been identified. Key risks related to the cafe are as follows:
Risks | Occurring of the risks |
Risks related to cash handling | After the acquisition of the cafe by Macville the risk of handling cash in the store is relatively low because they are very much concerns regarding the safety of cash handling |
Risks related to written policy | After the acquisition the risks regarding the occurrence of this risk is also low because Macville organisation already have an effectively written organisational policy |
Risks related to handle business with more professionalism | Occurrence of this risk after the acquisition is very low because they handle their organisation with more professionalism because they direct their organisation with best organisational strategy |
Risks related to promotional strategy | However, the risk regarding the promotional strategy is moderately low because it is not possible to implement the effective promotional strategy immediately (Purdy, 2010). Along with that, it is also not possible to get immediate result of the implemented promotional strategy. |
Table 3: Occurring of risks
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Risks regarding the cash handling can occur when the management can have less amount of control in the organisation and on the employees (Power, 2014). On the other hand, risks regarding the written policy can occur if the management of the organisation do not have any focus on the development of the organisation. These risks can also occur when the management do not have any effective leadership strategy to control their employees. Risks regarding the professionalism in the business can occur when management of the Macville would be failed to implement understand the most effective strategy and will apply the lassiez faire leadership strategy. Currently Harley’s cafe do not have any effective strategy so after the acquisition of this organisation, there is huge possibility that Macville can face this risks too. This is because; it is not possible to resolve the risks immediately.
As stated by Bromiley et al.(2015), risk matrices are effective tool to evaluate the risks. The first risk has the low level of probability and medium severity area. The risks related to the written policy have the low probability and high severity area. The risks related to professionalism have the medium probability and medium severity area and the last risks have the high probability and high severity area.
Risks | Risk treatment process |
Risks related to cash handling | Hire more employees with commerce background |
So not provide access to the cash to all of the employees | |
Risks related to written policy | Implement effective policy |
Guiding employees according to this policy | |
Risks related to handle business with more professionalism | Hire a professional for the implementation of an effective strategy to maintain professionalism |
Providing training and groom employees so they can deal their organisational work with more professionalism | |
Risks related to promotional strategy | Select an effective media so it can attract huge amount of potential customers |
Provide different types of promotional coupon, several discounts so it can attract more customers to the organisation |
Table 4: option for treatment
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The consequences, priority and the likelihood of the risks can be identified from different monthly report, policies and process, risk management report and external audit report of the Harley’s cafe and the current policy and practices of the Macville Pty Ltd.
The existing Herley’s cafe do not have any effective number off experienced employee and all of the employee have the access to cash so it is likely to be effective. The treatment process for the second problem is suggested because it is feasible with the organisation because they actually do not have any effective policy. The risk mitigation processes of the second problem are suggested because it will be effective for the organisation and they actually need this strategy to strengthen their organisation. The risk mitigation process of the promotional strategy is applicable because they do not have any effective promotional strategy so it is likely to be effective for the organisation, which is the main reason behind the implementation of this treatment process.
In order to resolve the risk related to the promotion problem, implementation of the risk management treatment is necessary (de Zwaan et al.2011). In this implementation, different phases need to be implemented like preparation phase, tailoring phase, implementation phase and sustainment phase. In order to select effective promotional media and providing different types of discounts an integrated risk management plan should be implemented. After that, it is important to modify the risk management process of the business and coordinate the plan with the stakeholders. Then it is important to adapt effective tool and employ different types of matrices, formats and checklists. Then providing training to the employee is important and along with that, risks related to that also should be assessed. It is important to provide continuous support to the management so the risk management process can be sustainable.
It is seen from the above discussion that there are several risks that are faced by the organisation. In order to mitigate those problem and implementation of the previously described options, it is important to have an effective plan because without an effective plan it is seriously like impossible to implement effective strategies (Finch, 2014). However, there are several risks involved to implement those plans that are risks related to employee conflict, risks related to any effective policy and procedures, and employee resistant. Therefore, it is important to resolve those issues also along with the previously determined issues. After have an effective plan, it is important to implement those plan. In order to resolve the risks regarding the cash handling, it is important to hire more experienced and skilled employees. In order to resolve the risks regarding written policy it is important to hire personal and professional to develop policy that is more effective and guiding employee according to the policy is also important (Jonkers et al.2014). For resolving the issue regarding professionalism, implementation of effective training and groom the employees are also important. In order to resolve the risk regarding promotional strategy it is important to select an effective promotional media. The outcome of the risk management process will be effective and good. By this risk management, process there is huge possibility that the risks can be reduced. The risk management plan can be said to be effective, tough those plan cannot reduce their severity but it can reduce the probability of the occurrence.
Figure 1: Risk matrices
(Source: Paape and Speklè, 2012)
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