Risk Management Paper

This project is designed to give students some insight into the practical role of risk assessment to the sport management professional.  All too often, college students are given lectures and bookwork with no “real” connection to the professional field.  This assignment offers students just such a connection, sending them out into the professional world to connect the dots between practice and the types of information their sport law text and course are teaching them.

I understand that your organization and/or job may – for various reasons – not wish to have students perform a risk assessment.  If it is impossible to allow these students to undertake this project with your organization, please let the students know upfront so that they may search out another agency.  If you are able to allow this student the opportunity to work with you, I want to thank you in advance.  Below is a summary of some of the tasks students are asked to do academically during this experience: 

A written, 7-10 page assessment of risk, separated using headers, which includes consideration of: 

Organization Description, Personnel, Conduct of Activities, General Supervisory Practices 

Facilities, Crisis Management and Emergency Action Plans, Insurance Coverage 

A completed Facility Inspection Checklist from the site visit  

A risk category matrix 

A risk treatment matrix 

One page reflection at the back of the paper with a personal evaluation of the project