Objectives and competences
The student will:
- Know the basic concepts of crisis management.
- The student will be aware of the different forms and causes of crises.
- Know how to distinguish crises from other events in society.
- Achieve a level of crisis awareness.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Introduction to crisis governance and management
• Crisis and crisis governance and management
• Forms of crises
• Causes of Crises
• Factors of the crisis environment
• Crisis management
• Threats and risks
Learning and teaching methods
• Lectures
• Group Work
• Case-study
• Seminar
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Describe the basic concepts of crisis management and management fundamentals.
- Differentiate between problems in the field of rescue and protection.
- Describe the levels of visibility of crises.
- Identify threats and risks in organisations.
Readings
• Skripta Uvod v krizno upravljanje.
• Malešič, M. (2004). Krizno upravljanje in vodenje v Sloveniji. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede.
• Saleh, Y. D. (2016). Crisis Management: The Art of Success and Failure. Minneapolis: Mill City Press.
• Crandall, W.R. and Parnell, J.A. and Spillan, J.E. (2014). Crisis Management: Leading in the New Strategy Landscape. Thousand Oaks: Sage publications.
• Slatter, S., & Lovett, D. (1999). Corporate Turnaround Managing Companies in Distress. London: Penguin Books.
Prerequisits
No prerequisits.
Additional information on implementation and assessment • Written exam. 50%
• Seminar with presentation. 50%
