CMGT 442 Week 5 Risk Assessment [Project + Presentation]

Learning Team Instructions: Risk Assessment

McBride Financial Services, one of the Virtual Organizations, is currently opening offices in Boise, Idaho and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Select one of the locations and prepare a comprehensive risk assessment for McBride's management team. The risk assessment should identify potential risks that could impact the operation of the business, including its technological operations. The written assessment should be 8 to 10 pages in length and will be submitted to the instructor during Week Five. In addition, the Learning Team will prepare a 10 slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation of the project which will also be submitted to the instructor during Week Five.

In preparing the risk assessment, be sure to consider the following:

• The use of toxic chemicals in the vicinity of the business by manufacturing processes industrial solvents, blue print machines, etc.
• Public transportation facilities that might handle the carriage of dangerous or hazardous substances, which could be involved in major accidents
• Potential targets of criminal activity
• Potential targets of terrorist activity such as government offices, law enforcement agencies, or politically sensitive businesses or services