Risik Management & Monitoring
Niveau
2.Semester Master: 1st Study cycle
Learning outcomes of the courses/module
The students:
• are able to identify and classify risks in a company
• know the options for describing or measuring risks
• are able to propose risk strategies for individual risks
• understand the influence of risks on the rating of a company
• are able to develop a risk management system for a company
• are able to identify and classify risks in a company
• know the options for describing or measuring risks
• are able to propose risk strategies for individual risks
• understand the influence of risks on the rating of a company
• are able to develop a risk management system for a company
Prerequisites for the course
2. Semester: no information
Course content
• Legal and economic requirements for risk management systems
• Identification of risks
• Methods for quantifying risks
• Types of risk measures
• Methods of risk aggregation and determination
• Organizational design of risk management systems
• Risk management and transfer
• Risk management & rating
• Risk management as an integral part of corporate management
• Determination of capital cost approaches for value-oriented corporate management
• Identification of risks
• Methods for quantifying risks
• Types of risk measures
• Methods of risk aggregation and determination
• Organizational design of risk management systems
• Risk management and transfer
• Risk management & rating
• Risk management as an integral part of corporate management
• Determination of capital cost approaches for value-oriented corporate management
Recommended specialist literature
Diederichs, M. (2023). Risikomanagement und Risikocontrolling. München: Vahlen.
Exler, M. W., & Situm, M. (2025) (Hrsg.). Restrukturierungs- und Turnaround-Management: Strategien, Erfolgsfaktoren und Best Practice für die Transformation. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag.
Hillson, D. (2023). The risk management handbook: A practical guide to managing the multiple dimensions of risk. London, UK: Kogan Page.
Rieg, R., Vanini, U., & Gleißner, W. (2025). Enterprise risk management: A modern approach. Cham: Springer.
Vanini, U., & Rieg, R. (2021). Risikomanagement: Grundlagen – Instrumente – Unternehmenspraxis. Stuttgart: Schäffer Poeschel.
Exler, M. W., & Situm, M. (2025) (Hrsg.). Restrukturierungs- und Turnaround-Management: Strategien, Erfolgsfaktoren und Best Practice für die Transformation. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag.
Hillson, D. (2023). The risk management handbook: A practical guide to managing the multiple dimensions of risk. London, UK: Kogan Page.
Rieg, R., Vanini, U., & Gleißner, W. (2025). Enterprise risk management: A modern approach. Cham: Springer.
Vanini, U., & Rieg, R. (2021). Risikomanagement: Grundlagen – Instrumente – Unternehmenspraxis. Stuttgart: Schäffer Poeschel.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam
Language
German
Number of ECTS credits awarded
3
Semester hours per week
Planned teaching and learning method
A part of the course will be covered through e-learning. This involves a combination of online phases (an inductive method for independently developing knowledge and practicing tasks) and in-person phases (a deductive method in which support is provided during the learning process and knowledge is also conveyed through lectures).
Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered
2