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Risk Descriptions
Treatment Plan
Higher percentage of student dropout
in their first year of studies.
Constructive research undertaken on student drop out
There might be fraudulent activities
leading to financial losses and lack of
trust from employees.
Policy on Fraud and other irregularities
Policy on Whistle blowers
Fraud working group meet once per quarter
Failure to comply with the
requirement of occupational health
and safety act
Health and Safety committee in place which meet at least once per quarter
The university inability to manage the
under-performance of individual staff
members.
Develop and Implement MUT organisational structure and relevant job
descriptions
Develop and implement HR policies
Training staff on supervisory skills
System for monitoring and evaluating performance
Inability to attract and retain talent (loss
of skills) leading to failure to deliver
quality teaching and learning.
Develop an attraction & retention plan
Fast tracking of MUT recruitment processes
Conduct climate surveys (staff barometer survey)
There might be security threats and
incidents in the IT systems leading to
loss of data
Approval and Implement information security policy
Approval and Implement bring your own device policy
Identify, procure and implement systems and services to prevent and minimize
Cyber-attacks
Identify, procure and implement systems and services to prevent and minimize
Loss/theft of Data
Review, update, approve and implement outdated and missing policies that
governs Information Technology in the university
Develop and submit recommendation of governance of ICT and
representation at High level university structures
There might be student protests
around financial issues.
Negotiated fee increases
Engagement of students leadership in annual Social cohesion workshop
Policy reviews that involve student leadership
Implementation of students code of conduct
Student Affairs engagement with student structures on an ongoing basis
Senior Management formal engagements with student structures on a
regular basis
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