MoR® Management of Risk Foundation

The 3-day MoR Foundation Course covers the principles, the approach and the processes of managing risk at the strategic, programme, project and operational level, and how to embed and review risk management within an organisation, as described in the MoR guide.

Participants are provided with an annotated hard copy of the slides together with any exercises, examples and templates discussed or developed during the workshop, as well as a copy of the official Guide “Management of Risk: Guidance for Practitioners”, and a mock foundation exam paper.

Learning outcomes

After attending this MoR training program you will be able to:

• Gain the confidence and ability to influence and shape risk management across an organisation.
• Encourage openness and discuss real business issues in a realistic manner to meet business objectives, improve service delivery and achieve value for money.
• Put an effective framework in place to make informed decisions about the risks that affect strategic, programme, project and operational objectives.
• Understand the nature and extent of risks facing a company and reduce the incidence and impact on the business.
• Continuously apply risk management to an organisation and simplify the process of making information available when decisions need to be made

Who should attend

Anyone with an interest, and/or role, in embedding and reviewing how risk is managed throughout an organization and in identifying, assessing and controlling risk at the strategic, programme, project and operational level within an organisation.

This includes:

• Portfolio, programme and project management offices
• Programme managers and project managers
• Business Change Managements and Business Analysis
• Investment Managers, Investment Analysis and Business Case Developers
• Front-line managers, middle managers and strategic managers

Course contents

Foundation Course

• Introduction to risk management and MoR®
• Management of risk principles
• Management of risk approach
• Management of risk process
• The 4 perspectives of risk – strategic, programme, project and operational
• Embedding and reviewing management of risk
• Foundation exam preparation
• MoR Foundation Exam

Course fees

Course

Fees A$ per person

• MoR Foundation Certificate Course & Exam (3 days)
• $1950 + gst

Pre-Requisites

There are no pre requisites to sit the Foundation exam.

Examination

The purpose of the foundation certification is to confirm that a candidate is able to demonstrate a knowledge and comprehension of the four elements of the MoR framework - Principles, Approach, Processes, Embedding and reviewing - and how they support corporate governance.

The Foundation level is also a pre-requisite for the Practitioner qualification.

Exam Format

• Multiple choice
• 75 questions per paper
• 5 questions to be trial and not counted in scores
• 35 marks required to pass (out of 70 available) - 50%
• 60 minutes duration
• Closed book.