Despite modern business planning models and methods that are applied by a large number of organisations, in the course of planning quite often risk assessment is performed non-systematically and intuitively, and the risk management plan is not prepared at all. As a result, problems are solved once they arise, usually rather too late.
There is also a common perception of risk as an event or condition having a potential negative impact on the organisation’s operational objectives. However, an integrated risk management system will help to assess positive contingencies as well, i.e. opportunities. This leads to the increase in added value of the risk management system; not only threats, but also change-related growth and development opportunities stand out more clearly.