Objectives and competences
• Student will:get knowledge and recognition of crises in organizations,
• get knowledge and understand national framework and policy on crises,
• get knowledge and understand the role of NGOs in crises,
• differentiate between incident and state of emergency,.
• get knowledge of the differences between prevention, protection, mitigation, response, recovery (5 mission areas of crisis management according to PPD-8),
• get knowledge of the procedures of crisis course of action and know the difference between “before”, “during” and “after” crisis,
• get knowledge of different crisis response teams and
• understand the teamwork in crisis.
Content (Syllabus outline)
1. Risk management
2. Risk management planning
3. Risks of business growth
4. Strategic view of management
5. Strategic view of crisis management
6. The business problems and crisis in organizations
7. Strategic planning
8. Change Management
9. Signs of maturing crisis in organizations
10. Causes and weighting causes of the crisis in organizations
11. Crises in organizations
12. Risks of business growth
13. Strategy for overcoming the crisis
14. Redevelopment and revitalization of the company
Learning and teaching methods
• Lectures
• Tutorials
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
At the end of the course students will be able to:
• know the concept of crisis management and the concept of holistic self-preparedness and preparedness of search & rescue subjects,
• recognize and analyze of risks and threats in the given circumstances,
• know the capability of immediate response (action-reaction),
• understand the meaning of use of system thinking and emotional intelligence in crisis management and
• get acquainted with quick identification and analysis of transition between different phases of crisis.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Readings
Obvezna literatura:
• Balancing risk with opportunity in challenging times, Governance, Risk and Compliance Survey, Grant Thornton, 2016.
• COBIT okvir, dosegljiv na http://www.isaca.org/cobit/pages/default.aspx.
• COSO in the Cyber Age, COSO, January 2015.
• The Three Lines of Defense in Effective Risk Management and Control, The Institute of Internal Auditors, January 2013, dosegljivo na https://global.theiia.org/standards-guidance/recommended-guidance/Pages/Position-Papers.aspx.
• Jereb, Borut (2014). Upravljanje tveganj, Fakulteta za logistiko, Celje.
• Zekos, Georgios I. (2014). Risk Management and Corporate Governance in 21st Century Digital Economy, Nova Science Publishers Inc: New York.
• Bennet, Simon (2012). Innovative Thinking in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management, Routledge: Farnham.
• NATO Priročnik za krizno upravljanje, NATO Bruselj 2015
Priporočena literatura:
• Aktualni znanstveno članki s področja tveganj in kriznega management.
• Actual scientific articles from the field of risks and crisis management.
Prerequisits
• No prerequisits.
Additional information on implementation and assessment • Seminar paper * (20%)
• Written exam (80%)
*Submitting and presenting a seminar paper is a prerequisite for the exam.