ISO-31000-Lead-Risk-Manager practice question 11 of 35
Which of the following documents information are relevant to the organization’s risk management framework, process, and system?
Full set: 100 questionsDomain Risk recording and reporting
According to the ISO 31000:2018 standard, "Recording and reporting" is a distinct and integral part of the risk management process. This step ensures that the risk management process, its activities, and its outcomes are properly documented and communicated to relevant stakeholders. This documentation provides a basis for accountability, supports decision-making, facilitates continual improvement of the framework and process, and creates an organizational record. The standard emphasizes that the purpose of reporting is to share information, which is crucial for governance, assurance, and improving risk management practices.
A. Auditing is a component of the "Monitoring and review" phase, which uses the recorded information but is not the documentation process itself.
C. Visualizing and conceptualizing are techniques that can be used to understand or communicate risk, not the formal process of documentation defined by the standard.
D. "Rationalizing" is not a term used in the ISO 31000 process; "recording" is the specific term for creating a formal record of risk activities.
1. ISO 31000:2018
Risk management — Guidelines. Clause 6.6
"Recording and reporting
" states: "The risk management process and its outcomes should be documented and reported through appropriate mechanisms... Reporting is a key part of the organization’s governance. It should support decision-making and should be tailored to the needs of different stakeholders." (p. 11).
2. Oliveira
D. L.
de Souza
J. A.
& da Silva
J. P. (2021). The ISO 31000 standard and the implementation of enterprise risk management. Journal of Risk and Financial Management
14(9)
404. In its review of the ISO 31000 process (Section 3.2)
the paper highlights "Recording and Reporting" as a central activity that permeates the entire process
ensuring information is captured and disseminated for decision-making and improvement. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm14090404).
3. Purdy
G. (2010). ISO 31000:2009—Setting a New Standard for Risk Management. Risk Analysis
30(6)
881-886. This foundational article on the standard explains that the process is not linear and that activities like communication
monitoring
and reporting are continuous and integral to every step
underscoring the importance of documenting and communicating throughout the framework. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01398.x).
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