Home Based Business Risk Assessment Part III

by | on January 18, 2012

Home Based Business Risk Management

Next Home Based Business needs to identify the risks therein through self-assessment exercises, evaluate them in terms of their likelihood of occurrence and their severity if they do occur via risk mapping. Once this is done home based business should consider and measure the impact of those risks and depict the results in a clear and easily understood way by everyone in their home based business network (see i2c Network platform).

Whilst measuring home based business risks likelihood in a similar fashion linking each one to a frequency such as every day, month, or even 10 years. Home Based Business Risks should then be plotted on a chart.

 impact and likelihood of home based business risk

Appropriate actions and / or responses must be made for all the risks that would significantly affect the strategy or returns of the Home Based Business if they occur. The four (4) main ways of dealing with the risks are:
1. Accept
2. Transfer (usually via insurance)
3. Reduce/Manage and
4. Eliminate

These four are sometimes known as the 4T’s (tolerate, transfer, treat or terminate).

Home Based Business Risk Management – Taking Action:

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These home based business measures have now to be put in place, with the agreed appropriate actions and procedures to reduce the risks. Home Based Business need to introduce reporting and monitoring mechanisms to see if the risks are being properly considered and addressed both initially and on a continuing basis.
Risks need to be monitored on a regular basis in line with the changing business environment and be constantly alert to new risks that Home Based Business may face and have early warning systems in place to monitor for changing risk levels.
This Home Based Business risk management process must be managed and lead from the top and needs to involve all home based businesses in your network/team/downline in some capacity to be truly effective.

Home Based Business Risk Management – In Summary:

The key requirements for home based business risk management process is to:

  • Identify responsibility and reporting lines for risks.
  • Determine their risk appetite.
  • List risks within the five suggested categories (strategic, operational, financial, compliance and environmental).
  • Rank risks by, for example using a matrix diagram.
  • Define appropriate action for risks according to the fours Ts
  • Take action
  • Monitor regularly through better risk reporting
  • Learn the lessons and feedback into the process.
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