Abstract

This paper presents the main aspects regarding professional training in risk management domain, as well as the component phases of the training plan with accent on the evaluation of the training’s efficacy. The paper begins with a definition of the risk management concept, a description of its action area as well as the occupied position in the organization’s general management frame. At the same time, in order to emphasize the importance of professional training in this field, there are presented the factors that influence the training and knowledge accumulation in the management risk field. Two models were elaborated for educational development. The first one is based on scientific research and the other one is based on practice. Education in the field of risk management fits best in the second model, combined with the essential factor of the differences that exists between competitors, better said, the competition between them. The plan of professional training is described by the three component phases (analysis, formation & development, evaluation); there are also briefly presented some managerial techniques used in the field of risk management. An important phase of the planification methodology is represented by the evaluation of the professional formation’s efficiency. Given the specificity of the domain, it is necessary to impose the classification of the notions of efficiency and efficacy in the risk management field and in the professional training field. In the end of the paper there are presented some specific aspects of efficiency and efficacy evaluation of the professional formation phases in the risk management field.