European Master and Certification Program
in Risk Engineering and Management

FRME3-2:
Scenario and Sensitivity Analysis

Course code: 128067
Language of instruction: English
Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dirk Linowski (Steinbeis University Berlin), Ph.D. Reto Schneider (SWICA Gesundheitsorganisation)
Assessment: Defined in the module

Short description

This course aims to present Scenario and Sensitivity analyses as a means to forecast and to predict future market developments. It will show their strengths and weaknesses as well as provide guidelines for their sound implementation.

Objectives

To enable the student to think in terms of possible future scenarios in business development and to plan accordingly and adapt to these different situations.

Target Attendees / Participants

Students of Steinbeis Master of Business Administration

Course Content by Units

Methods of Construction of scenarios

Sensitivity analyses varying probabilities, expected cash in- and outflow, and cost of capital

Optimal Hedging

Teaching Methods

Classic lecturing

Free and interactive class discussion

Literature

- Benninga (2007): Principles of Finance with Excel, MIT Press.

- A. Saltelli, Stefano Tarantola, Francesca Campolongo, Marco Ratto (2004): Sensitivity Analysis in Practice: A Guide to Assessing Scientific Models, Wiley.

- Aswath Damodaran (2007): Strategic Risk Taking: A Framework for Risk Management (paperback), Pearson Prentice Hall.

 
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(Course profile ID: FRME3-2:, generated on January 15, 2025)