M_o_R® Foundation
Course Outline
M_o_R® (Management of Risk) Foundation is a 3-day non-residential course with nightly homework, which covers the OGC’s M_o_R® methodology and syllabus for the M_o_R® Foundation exam. M_o_R® is a Registered Trade Mark and a Registered Community Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce.
A recent National Audit Office report identified that "there are risks involved in doing things differently and new forms of service delivery need to be implemented in such a way that minimises the risk of them failing or the quality of public services not being maintained or improved." Indeed, the Management of Risk has increasingly been recognised as a key factor in protecting an organisation's investors, its profit margins, and/or its quality of service delivery.
Organisations of all sizes are now taking seriously the need for business continuity. The Management of Risk (M_o_R®) approach, encouraged by the Office of Government Commerce, is intended to help organisations put in place effective frameworks for taking informed decisions about risk. Benefits include improved decision-making, the control of threats to an organisation achieving its objectives, and staff awareness of how to assess and pro-actively manage risk across the whole organisation.
We help you to apply M_o_R® to a typical organisational environment during the course so you will gain practical skills by using the techniques to handle real issues. Class sizes are kept small to facilitate trainer–student interaction and class discussion, and to avoid you feeling lost in a large crowd. You are provided with sufficient knowledge of the method to enable you to act as a risk manager on a project or programme, or to develop a risk management framework at any other level of the organisation (e.g. corporate, programme, project, operational).
The optional Foundation exam can be taken during the course. It is a 45-minute, multiple-choice paper consisting of 45 questions in which you must get 50% correct in order to pass. The paper is taken on the afternoon at the end of the training and marked straight away so that you know if you have passed before leaving the course.
This course has been accredited by the APMG who are the examining body for M_o_R® and responsible for all aspects of the provision of exams including setting, marking, feedback and appeals. Scoll Methods, as an accredited training organisation, acts as their agent in providing administrative facilities.
