FIN-40047 - Module Specification
Keele Business School
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module aims to introduce students to the techniques of bank risk management from different perspectives so that they understand the key requirement of risk management as a process in successfully running and managing banks.

Intended Learning Outcomes

critically analyse the economic factors that influence banking activities and their resulting impact on bank risk management: 1,2
critically assess the impact of the recent banking crisis on bank risk and the resulting insights into the successes and failure of the risk management process: 1,2
demonstrate and different qualitative approaches to bank risk management and the assess the ways in which banks manage a range of key risks: 1,2
critically assess the ways in which best practice in risk management could be applied to build and embed an effective risk culture: 1,2
demonstrate critical insight into the information required to assess new business and the risks associated with lending to new customers: 1,2
assess the creditworthiness of businesses subject to economic, market and sector wide consideration: 1,2

Study hours

20 hours lectures
4 hours tutorials
126 hours independent study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment