Dr. Frank Herdmann - Auxilium Management Service

Leadership is essential – Resilience of an enterprise

ISO standards help to organize the enterprise resilient, to establish its business continuity management and an effective and efficient risk management and to give due consideration to the social responsibility of the organization. (SOZIALwirtschaft, Issue 6/2021, pgs. 7–10)

Issue – Disruption – Crisis: Crisis management using DIN EN ISO 22361

In February 2023 ISO 22361 became a German Standard. Its title is »Security and resilience – Crisis management - Guidelines« and attempts to establish clarity among the terms issue, risk, crisis and disaster and provides guidance with principles, elements and a process for managing an organization preparing for a crisis or as the case me be in a crisis. (DIN–Mitteilungen, Issue 2/2023, pgs. 16–19)

A short introduction to effective and efficient risk management according to DIN ISO 31000

DIN Academy conducted a short WebEx workshop to introduce DIN ISO 31000. With this standard ISO 31000:2018 was adopted as a national German standard. The introductory tutorial addressed the questions »what is risk« as well »what is risk management and why does it make sense«. Structure and content of the standard were described in a nutshell. The slides used in the workshop (in German) are made available here.

The risk based approach in ISO 19600 and risk management in line with ISO 31000

The essay in the issue 01/2016 of the journal for compliance officers „comply.“ examines how compliance risks can be managed within a risk management system aligned with ISO 31000 and which are the specific processes to comply in this context.

Risk Management by ISO 31000 in Germany

The presentation with Prof. Dr. Alexandar Jovanovic on Steinbeis-Day September 26th, 2014 shows the different positions on ISO 31000 in Germany and recent developments. ISO 31000 has an exemplary role in risk management, that shows international best practices.

»Estimation« in Risk Management

The definition of risk in ISO 31000 is disputed in Germany. It is very broad and needs interpretation. Note 5 to the definition includes implicitly a (subjective) estimation of objective Information. Held at the ISO 31000 conference in Toronto in May 2013.

ISO 31000: Awareness and Situation in Germany

DIN Mirror Committee to ISO/TC 262 was skeptical with regard to ISO 31000. Accordingly it has decided to withdraw the draft E DIN ISO 31000:2011-0 after its two year tenure. Parallel to the »early review« by ISO a new assessment will be made.

COCKPIT 3.0: Risk management in
complex socio-technical systems

A system can work perfectly in a test environment and not perform as well as soon as the human factor becomes relevant. The crucial question to ask is which trade-off between efficiency and thoroughness the user will accept.

ISO 31000 and DIN - Memo for G31000

DIN ISO 31000 which adopted ISO 31000 unchanged was published in 2011 as a draft solely for examination and comment. In the end, in Germany, there will be no DIN ISO 31000 norm. The draft will be recalled after its two year term which will end in January 2013. A brief summary of the official reasons:

Organization in real estate management

The requirement for management is to oversee the employees: plannung - organizing - supervising !

Avoiding organizational negligence - all relevant business processes should be documented in an organizational manual.

Human Factors, Mangement and Risk (an overview)

What does ISO 31000 say about human factors? Addressing human factors is at the core of Management and Risk. Complex systems require complex Human Factors Management. A simple systemic approach might be a humble but good start!