Abstract:

This is an exploratory study of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) which aims to determine the integral characteristics of a mature ERM system based on how firms actually implement it within the company. By exploring existing ERM literature, 40 characteristics of a mature ERM system have been recognised. These characteristics have shown empirically relevant and significant in measuring ERM quality and effectiveness, as well as influential in improving corporate performance. Characteristics of efficient and mature ERM system were built around COSO ERM framework (COSO, 2004). COSO presents eight parts of efficient ERM process - (1) The internal environment (2) The objective setting (3) Event identification (4) Risk assessment (5) Risk response (6) Control activities (7) Information and communication and (8) Monitoring.