Risk Assessment Report for Trading.com

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Risk Assessment Report for Trading.com

Risk Assessment Report for Trading.com
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Types of risk factors involved in a small and medium scale organization......................................3
Stages of business with potential possibility of risks...................................................................4
Risk exposure Calculator for Trading.com......................................................................................5
A. Pressure points due to growth...............................................................................................6
B. Pressure points due to culture...............................................................................................6
C. Pressure points due to information management..................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9
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Risk Assessment Report for Trading.com
Introduction
Every business in the world has to face a tremendous amount of computation according to the
present scenario which results into numerous risk factors that the organisation has to witness. It
is very important to identify and calculate the risk factors so that adequate measures can be taken
in order to reduce or mitigate the risks related consequences associated with the company. The
medium scale and small scale businessmen and entrepreneurs often tend to forget about the risk
factors in the growth stage of their business because of the optimism factor they are surrounded
with due to the growth shown in their newly started business.
The following study has considered a case scenario of a fictitious organisation that deals with
providing courses to aspiring investors regarding methods of intelligent and smart Investments
and business decision making. The company has been considered to be founded by an
experienced investor who provides courses to understand the different aspects related to business
investments like stock exchange and share market details. Since there has been a significant
increase in the growth rate of the company due to which the organisation became a medium scale
company within 3 years of its Inception employing over 100 staff members with its officers in
four major cities in Australia. However, the growth of expansion for this company is not in
proper balance with the capacity of the organisation to hire more staff for delivering the courses.
Hence, the following study has explicitly described the various risk factors that the company is
likely to face due to its ongoing scenario in the upcoming few months or years.
Types of risk factors involved in a small and medium scale organization
There are various types of risk factors involved in the small and medium scale industry or
company due to which the company has to formulate from effective strategy so that it can reduce
the possibility of any unfavourable consequence due to the risk. The risk factors for any
organisation vary depending on the stage of performance the company is going through (He,
Kelly & Manela, 2017). It is important that the possibility of negative consequences is not
ignored even if the existing performance of the company is more than the desired level that by
the senior level executives of the organisation. Following are the different stages of business that
are affected by different levels of risk factors during its operations.
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