COMP-1 Analyse an organisation`s current Risk Management strategy, evaluating its appropriateness and relevance in relation to current best practices.

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Assignment Specification

School of Computer and Engineering Sciences

Module Code SE7220

Module Title Management of Risk

Assessment No

1 of 1

Weighting

100%

Title

Coursework Essay

In-Year Reassessment Offered

No

Generative AI

Not Allowed

Summary

This brief contains the instructions, guidelines, and tasks for the Coursework Essay of the Management of Risk (SE7220) module.

Submission Date

12 January 2026 at 13:00

7-day Submission Window Allowed

Feedback Due

12 February 2026

Instructions 

You should prepare and submit a written project report, in accordance with the information and instructions provided in Appendix-A (page 4 of this document).

Word count: Your word count should not exceed 5000 words.

Individual report to be submitted by each student. Marks will be based on:

  • The correctness of the information (i.e., definitions)
  • The use of real data/information cited from credible sources.
  • The reflection of understanding concepts in depicting the projects’ complexity level in your case study.
  • The reflection of understanding the “complexity” concepts in evaluating the relative importance of the

principles, approach (documents), process, and tools.

  • Proper use of references – APA7 System.

Detailed marking rubrics are included on Page-3 of this document.

Additional Information

Learning Outcomes Assessed

COMP-1 Analyse an organisation`s current Risk Management strategy, evaluating its appropriateness and relevance in relation to current best practices.

COMP-2 Critically appraise the existing approaches, identifying any weaknesses that need addressing and highlighting strengths that can be leveraged.

COMP-3 Incorporate improvements into the strategy and produce a revised Risk Management plan.

COMP-4 Research landmark cases and extract key lessons to inform risk management practices.

Assessment Support

Students can get support on this module by speaking to the module tutor (Mohammad Samar Ansari) preferably in classroom sessions, or by emailing (m.ansari@chester.ac.uk), or by booking a 1-2-1 meeting online.

Submission Window, Exceptional Circumstances, and Assessment Regulations

You are expected to submit work by the submission date specified at the start of the assignment specification. Some assignments may support a 7-day window in which students can submit work late without penalty and this will be specified below the submission date at the start of this brief. Any work submitted outside of the submission date (or submission window where allowed) will be given a mark of zero.

You can find details about what you need to do if you are unable to submit the assessment on time on the Registry Services Exceptional Circumstances Portal page. Any deferral request must be submitted online within 7-days of the final submission date (or submission window where allowed). In all cases, evidence will be required to support the deferral.

Deadline for applying for a deferral to the next assessment point1: 24 January 2026

You can find out more about University regulations related to assessment on the Registry Services Assessment Regulations page.

Academic Conduct

The University Academic Conduct Policy explains how students are expected to take responsibility for the fair presentation of the contents of any work they present for assessment. This includes acknowledging the use of Artificial Intelligence tools. Breaching the academic conduct policy can have serious penalties.

The material you submit must be your own work. You must not collude with your peers on your work unless the brief explicitly allows this (such as in the case of group work). Further information is available below

All sources used must be cited and referenced using the APA format. Guidance on how to cite and reference sources can be found in the Cite Them Right Online guidance (sign in with your University network account)

Generative AI

The use of generative AI tools where not permitted will be treated as a breach of the academic conduct policy. You may not use AI tools for this assessment.

AI tools include, but are not limited to, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Midjourney, and other similar Generative AI tools and chatbots.

Submission Information

  • Word count: Your word count should not exceed 5000 words.
  • File needs to be saved as: [SE7220_JNumber]. For example, SE7220_J12345678
  • File format needed for submission: .pdf / .docx
  • Files submitted in an incorrect format will usually be marked as zero.

 

The deadline for applying for a deferral for the next assessment point is 7 days after the deadline or 7 days after the 7-day window (where permitted)

Assessment Criteria Postgraduate

Assignment Task

(LOs Covered)

Fail

(<50%)

Pass

(50-59%)

Merit

(60-69%)

Distinction

(>=70%)

Task 1:

Case-study selection and description of Risk Management concepts (COMP- 1, COMP-4)

Case study irrelevant or poorly described; minimal or no reference to risk management concepts; little/no evidence of research.

Relevant case study described with some accuracy; some appropriate risk concepts defined; limited engagement with sources.

Clear case study choice; accurate explanation of key risk concepts; sustained engagement with sources; analysis shows depth.

Sophisticated case study justification; nuanced use of concepts; excellent integration of research and landmark cases; innovative insights

offered.

Task 2A:

Analyse

organisation’s current Risk Management strategy in chosen case (COMP-1)

Inadequate description of current strategy; lacks analytical depth; missing link to best practice.

Some analysis of current strategy; limited evaluation against best practices; weaknesses and strengths partially identified.

Strong analytical evaluation of strategy; balanced appraisal against best practices; strengths and weaknesses clearly presented.

Advanced, critical analysis; benchmarking against best practices with precision; original insights into appropriateness

and relevance.

Task 2B: Critically appraise existing approaches, identifying weaknesses and strengths (COMP-

2)

Weak or descriptive appraisal; little criticality; superficial identification of weaknesses/strengths.

Basic critical appraisal; weaknesses and strengths noted with limited discussion.

Well-structured critical appraisal; clear articulation of weaknesses to address and strengths to leverage.

Insightful, highly critical appraisal; nuanced discussion of limitations; sophisticated evaluation of organisational

learning.

Task 2C: Propose improvements and revised Risk

Management plan (COMP-3)

Poor or no recommendations; little link to identified weaknesses/strengths; no structured plan.

Some relevant recommendations; plan outlined but lacks detail or strong justification.

Clear, logical recommendations; improved plan integrates identified weaknesses/strengths effectively.

Comprehensive, innovative set of improvements; revised plan is coherent, robust, and demonstrates advanced practical

implications.

Task 2D: Research landmark cases, draw lessons, and apply to practice (COMP-4)

Little or no reference to landmark cases; no lessons extracted; weak or absent application to practice.

Some relevant cases identified; limited extraction of lessons; partial application to practice.

Good selection of landmark cases; clear extraction of key lessons; effective application to proposed improvements.

Excellent use of landmark cases; insightful extraction of lessons; lessons applied with originality to inform robust and practical risk management

practices.

                                            Appendix - A                                           

Instructions:

  • This assignment is to be completed individually.
  • Each student must submit their individual report on Turnitin.
  • Each student is required to write the inferences/comments/observations individually (in their own words). Please be aware that Turnitin performs a similarity check for the submitted text against its database and the content of other websites with the aim of identifying plagiarism.
  • Suspicion of Academic Misconduct/Malpractice shall result in being reported to the appropriate Academic Conduct Committee/Authority.

Assignment Brief

You must first identify a relevant case-study from any one of the following areas:

  • Publicly Funded Healthcare Systems
  • Large-scale Construction Projects
  • Megaprojects in Railway Industry
  • Education Sector
  • Large-scale Sporting Events
  • Aerospace Industry

Drawing on your selected case-study, discuss which relevant Management of Risk principles, approaches (including documents), and processes (including tools) can be used, improved, or customized to improve the risk management practices, taking into consideration the level of complexity in the project you selected.

  1. Define the relevant concepts which you will be using in the report.
  2. Taking into consideration the level of complexity of the selected case-study, evaluate the usefulness of adoption of such concepts based on empirical information. To answer this question:
  3. Briefly describe the level of complexity in the selected case-study.
  4. Define and discuss the usefulness of the Management of Risk principles to the project under consideration. Use appropriate risk management tools and techniques (such as Risk Registers, Risk Assessment Matrix, Fishbone Diagrams, Decision Trees, PESTLE Analysis, etc.) wherever you think that such tables/plots/diagrams could be useful to improve the quality of the discussion.
  5. Comment on the limitations and advantages of the use of Qualitative and Quantitative methods to assess project uncertainties. Discuss which of these were (or could be) used in the selected case-study.
  6. Provide recommendations to improve the organization`s risk management practices using the lessons learnt from the selected case-study (professional implications).

Your report word count should not exceed 5,000 words. The number of words in the list of references does not count in the 5,000 words.

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