2019: Top Risks and Their Severity for Nigerian Facility Management Companies in the Next Quarters


In the earlier analysis, drivers of risks most likely to impact the facility management industry in 2019 have been discussed. In order to verify the drivers further Infoprations conducted a Risk Survey aimed at identifying the risks and their severity. As companies in the industry enter the third week of the first month of the second quarter, it is important that the risks are known, while companies devise appropriate response strategies to mitigate the impacts on the business growth.
In the latest analysis, according to the professionals at corporate, business and functional levels in the industry, financial risk would have moderate impact on business growth in the industry in Q2, Q3 and Q4. The moderation would be felt by small, medium and large companies in Q2 and Q3. However, small and large companies should expect a mild effect in Q4. In Q3, financial risk would be severe on medium companies than other categories. Regulatory risk would be mild on all company categories, but severe on large companies in Q2, moderate on medium and severe on large companies in Q3 and Q4.
The same trends surfaced for the quality risk. According to our data, quality risk would not have a significant impact on business growth in all the quarters, but it would be moderate on small and medium companies in Q2, Q3 and Q4. The consequence of loosing employees due to resignation or other issues would not have a huge impact on the growth of medium and large companies, but it would have significant influence on the growth of small companies.  

Severity of the Risks

From the data, it seems that large companies have mechanisms for enhancing sustainable business environment. According to the data, sustainability risk would not  have a significant effect on the companies in Q2 and Q4, but it would be moderate on the companies as well as small companies in Q3. Political risk would be severe on medium and large companies in Q2 and Q3. The impact would be mild for large companies, but moderate on small and medium companies in Q4. Operational risk would be moderate on large companies in Q2, but moderate on medium and small companies in Q3 and moderate on medium companies in Q4.
Corporate strategists and risk analysts of the companies are expected to analyse the identified levels of the risks along with the internal qualitative and quantitative data to further understand the specific impacts on FM solutions being offered to varied clients and formulate appropriate strategies to mitigate the level of severity for each risk.

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