MANAGE RISKS PROJECT
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Do you consider that your organisation is prepared to take risks in order to succeed? I do believe that my organisation is prepared to take risks in order to succeed. We continually strive to grow our organisation with new ideas and incentives. Growth does not occur without risk or change.
Why is the concept of risk essential to change, innovation and the marketplace success of organisations? The concept of risk in essential to change, innovation and the success of the organisation as you have to take a gamble at wether your change is going to be a success for your company.
There is no risk without change and no change without risk. They come hand in hand.
What is your organisation’s attitude toward failure, mistakes and/or lack of success at the organisational level and the personal or individual level? Organisational level: The attitude toward failure or mistakes is a positive one. You record what happened, what went wrong and what we could do better as a whole organisation next time. Personal/Individual level: The attitude toward failure or mistakes on a personal level is also a positive one. You self evaluate and make a new goal for yourself and try and better your individual outcome next time.
How does this make you feel with regard to making suggestions, proposing new ideas or attempting to develop new products, services or markets? Seeing as the attitude towards mistakes is a positive one, it makes me feel as though I can voice my opinions and not have to worry too much about failure. Everyone can have a go at trying to better our organisation by suggesting and proposing new ideas without too much pressure from within the organisation.
How do you think mistakes should be viewed, if the organisation is to proactively support innovation and change? I think that mistakes should be viewed in a positive light, as they are in my organisation. You should use mistakes to gain knowledge on how to be proactive about your
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Do you consider that your organisation is prepared to take risks in order to succeed? I do believe that my organisation is prepared to take risks in order to succeed. We continually strive to grow our organisation with new ideas and incentives. Growth does not occur without risk or change.
Why is the concept of risk essential to change, innovation and the marketplace success of organisations? The concept of risk in essential to change, innovation and the success of the organisation as you have to take a gamble at wether your change is going to be a success for your company.
There is no risk without change and no change without risk. They come hand in hand.
What is your organisation’s attitude toward failure, mistakes and/or lack of success at the organisational level and the personal or individual level? Organisational level: The attitude toward failure or mistakes is a positive one. You record what happened, what went wrong and what we could do better as a whole organisation next time. Personal/Individual level: The attitude toward failure or mistakes on a personal level is also a positive one. You self evaluate and make a new goal for yourself and try and better your individual outcome next time.
How does this make you feel with regard to making suggestions, proposing new ideas or attempting to develop new products, services or markets? Seeing as the attitude towards mistakes is a positive one, it makes me feel as though I can voice my opinions and not have to worry too much about failure. Everyone can have a go at trying to better our organisation by suggesting and proposing new ideas without too much pressure from within the organisation.
How do you think mistakes should be viewed, if the organisation is to proactively support innovation and change? I think that mistakes should be viewed in a positive light, as they are in my organisation. You should use mistakes to gain knowledge on how to be proactive about your