Risk Management- Scenario Analysis

As a manager of a new daycare center, I have a big responsibility of caring and ensuring safety. Thus, as a manager, I need risk management for identifying the possible risk and come up with control measures to protect the well-being of the children, parents, and the providers of child care. Thus, risk management simply means identifying the risks and making plans to protect the children, parents, and the staff.  In this case scenario, I will start by identifying two risks that the daycare center is likely to face. Once I identify the risks, I will come up with solutions to lower the risks. In other words, I will create an actual plan to protect the children, parents, and staff from danger. 

 Risks

Environmental health risks

  First, it is important to note that the new daycare center is located on busy streets.  Without doubt, children will be exposed to air pollution as a result of vehicle-related pollutants (Houston et al. 2006). Consequently, children will develop respiratory illnesses such as asthma, lung illness, and heart diseases.

 Injuries

 Since the daycare center is located close to busy roads, parents and children will be injured to as a result, there will be road traffic deaths (World Health Organization, n.d). In other words, accidents may happen near the daycare center. Parents may be injured while crossing the road, and children may be injured while playing or walking on the road. Thus, the road environment is not safe and children are susceptible to road traffic deaths

 Uncertainties in determining the risk events

 The new daycare center will provide essential services to the children but the level of anxiety is high concerning the children's well-being. Note that uncertainty does not mean failure to predict the risks. Rather, uncertainty means that the staffs have no idea how the risks will occur. In other words, parents and staff have uncertainty on how environmental health risks and injuries will occur. The biggest concern is that these risks can occur as long as the daycare center is providing the service.

 The approach toward implementing the solutions

 Before identifying the solutions, as a manager, I will communicate with the staff of the daycare center and parents. As a manager, I will use horizontal communication to ensure that all individuals that is; staff and parents play a role in offering solutions to the risks (Graham et al. 2016). This style of communication will eliminate barriers to communication and hence promote business continuity.  As a manager, the horizontal communication method will help in understanding the risks in a detailed manner and come up with the best solutions. 

 Solutions

 Mitigating approaches

• Air purifier installation- since children will be exposed to air pollution which will cause illnesses, it is important to install air purifies both indoor and outdoor. The air purifier system will provide fresh air during indoor and outdoor activities.
• The daycare center should notify the parents about the health risks as a result of air pollutants. Parents will take care of children with respiratory conditions or in other words, vulnerable children will not be enrolled to prevent risks
• Design; inform the local government about traffic concerns. The local government will implement policies and strict rules to protect the children. The policies will also control speeds around the daycare center to prevent accidents when parents are crossing the roads.

 

 

References

 

World Health Organization.  Children and road traffic injury.  UNICEF. https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/child/injury/world_report/Road_traffic_injuries_english.pdf

 

Houston, D., Ong, P., Wu, J., & Winer, A. (2006). Proximity of licensed child care facilities to

near-roadway vehicle pollution. American journal of public health, 96(9), 1611-1617.

 

Graham, J., Kaye, D., & Rothstein, P. J. (2006). A risk management approach to business

continuity: Aligning business continuity with corporate governance.