Amirreza Kheirandish - Civil Engineering Department (Construction Engineering & Management) Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad, Iran
Seyed Yaser Banihashemi - Civil Engineering Department (Construction Engineering & Management) Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad, Iran

Recently, special attention is directed to the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), as a new risk management approach, aiming to provide organizations with an integrated management strategy to deal with their risks. The construction industry is afield in which the involved companies perform certain and consecutive sets of activities via various units. In all organizations, desired results with greater efficiency and effectiveness areachieved only when their activities are managed altogether as an integrated process. As a result, the application of a process approach can be very helpful for the implementation of ERM. Thisstudy sets out to identify the advantages of using a process approach in ERM. Hence, the need for using a process approach for the implementation of ERM is discussed through reviewing therelevant literature and it is argued that the application of a processapproach can improve critical success factors of ERM including identification and analysis of risks, response to risks, transparency in ERM ownership, responsibility of ERM implementation,development of a risk management information system, capability of measuring risk management outcomes, integration of risks exist in different units, reduction of financial losses, and improvement of business performance.

Enterprise Risk Management, Process Management Approach