Brunei government schools in digital and pandemic era: leveraging on business model canvas for public school’s integrated enterprise risk management

• Main Authors: Haji Roslan, Mohammad Bakhtiar, Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: www.researchpublish.com 2021
• Subjects: T58.6 Management information systems
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/90978/7/90978_Brunei%20government%20schools%20in%20digital%20and%20pandemic%20era.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/90978/; http://www.researchpublish.com

Due to rapid changes in this present day, post Covid-19, and digitalization, the number of new risks including digital risks has heightened, and it is expected to continue to do so in the future. It is important to note that effective risk management would help to mitigate or tackle any difficulty that may arise from this. Schools have many projects to carry out. Each project possesses potential risks in which if not managed accordingly, people who are involved in the projects will face difficulty in managing the issue, things will be handled inefficiently and achieving projects objectives will be hindered. This paper aims to study the implementation of Integrated Enterprise Risk Management (IERM) in government schools in Brunei Darussalam. The research process will touch on how schools in Brunei manage risks; whether they use integrated risk management (ISO31000 and ISO27000) in identifying and mitigating risks in their organizations and educational projects. The tool used to gather information is through interviewing individuals who have experience in managing risks at their respective schools. The interview of teachers in school has shown that teachers are aware about risk management as they always face risks. However, the risk management methods that being practice is initiative of teachers themselves. There are no proper guidelines provided by MOE. It is recommended that MOE start looking the integrated enterprise risk management standard (ISO31000 and ISO27000) as it helps to improve the performance of the schools. Additionally, MOE need to plan proper strategy when implementing IERM that are acceptable and applicable by all schools since different schools have different culture and demographic.