BANK RISK MANAGEMENT

EKRP 311

Lecturer details

Potchefstroom Campus
	Name:	Prof. Chris van Heerden
	E-mail Address:	chris.vanheerden@nwu.ac.za
	Telephone:	018 299 1476
	Building and Office:	Building E3, Office 134
	Consultation Hours:	Make appointment via e-mail.

Lecturing and assessment approach for 2021

We will continue to follow an online continuous assessment approach and no face-to-face classes or sit-down exams are scheduled.

Assessment policy

• No late submissions will be accepted.
• Because some quizzes will already fall away, no sick notes will be accepted.
• You are responsible to manage your time and to keep up to date with all the important dates. That implies that you will not be given a second change if you missed a quiz. Also, the time and date of quizzes will not be altered for a single individual if the request is due to the student's inadequate time management skills.

Study guide and reader

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Module outcomes

After engaging with the module content, learning activities, and assessment opportunities actively, you should be able to:

• demonstrate a sound and systematic knowledge and understanding of how the Asset and Liabilities Committee (ALCO) manages their assets and liabilities to address banking risks, the role that the management of these financial assets and liabilities plays in the South African economy, as well as the financial and other related risks in the financial institution;

• demonstrate well-developed skills to solve problems by strategically managing the process of minimising financial risks, maximising the interest income and equity of financial institutions, and exhibiting a thorough understanding of the regulatory environment in which banks operate; and

• use individual and group methods to effectively communicate information with regard to bank risk management coherently and reliably in appropriate formats.

Calendar and planning

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Prescribed textbook

Bank Management & Financial services  9th Edition Peter S. Rose & Sylvia C. Hudgins

Additional information

The NWU regards academic integrity as an integral part of all academic endeavours for both staff and students. The NWU's Policy on Academic Integrity (2018) defines academic integrity as "the adherence to ethics of honest scholarship and the ability to work independently; to give credit to the ideas of others and the re-use of one's previous work; and the submission of original research products for assessment, examination and review" (2018:4).

Accepting academic responsibilities with integrity include:

• proper understanding of the task or assignment instruction through task analysis;
• thorough planning and analysis of the assessment task;
• adequate time management towards all academic responsibilities;
• reading towards writing;
• practising academic writing skills, i.e. proper paraphrasing and correct sentence and paragraph construction;
• aligning student and lecturer expectations in terms of the desired outcome(s) of the assessment task;
• diligently completing assignments with careful consideration of the specific assessment guidelines as instructed by lecturers;
• developing the ability and confidence to seek help when needed; and,
• utilise feedback from lecturer to improve learning and the quality of future assessments.

By adopting and practising the attributes listed above, students should be able to steer clear of cheating and plagiarism. Still, more importantly, students should be able to demonstrate accountability and autonomy in their academic work.