Preliminary Study of Risk Management Policy in Higher Education: A Case Study

This study examines the risk management process that aims to describe the implementation of risk management policy determined by management and identify the levels of risk in two different service units at Politeknik Negeri Bandung; they are the Library and Language Center. This study used a qualitative descriptive method with a case study approach. Data processing related to risk impacts is carried out based on ISO 310000:2018 concerning Risk Management Standards. The results of this study found that there were 30 threats/risks found in the library unit. Prior to treatment, the risks (inherent risks) with a very high level was 4, a high level was 3, a medium level was 9, a low was 12, and a very low was 2. However, after treatment (residual risks), there was a decrease so that the risk with a high level was 1, a medium level was 6, a low level was 7, and a very low level was 16. On the other hand, 22 treats were found in the Language Centre unit. Before the treatment, the inherent risks with a low-level was10 and a very low level was 12. Conversely, after the treatment, the number of low-level risks becomes 10 and the number of very low-level risks becomes 20. It indicated that Politeknik Negeri Bandung through the Library and Language Center has successfully implemented risk management based on ISO 31000:2018. This can be seen from the decrease in the risk levels of each threat found in both units after risk treatment is carried out. In this case, the number of threats with very high, high, and medium risk levels changes to low and very low risk levels