Module BUSI43I15: Crisis Management (Taught)

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI43I15: Crisis Management (Taught)

Tied To

• N1KR17: Business Administration (Finance) (Global) (for students entering between Oct 2010 - Apr 2013) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2016-2017 for details)
• N1KS17: Business Administration (Global) (for students entering between Oct 2010 - Apr 2013) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2018-2019 for details)
• N1N317: Business Administration (Finance) (Global) (for students entering between Oct 2013 - Apr 2015) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2018-2019 for details)
• N1N417: Business Administration (Global) (for students entering between Oct 2013 - Apr 2015)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To explore the nature of crises and crisis management strategies
• To understand the key related areas of risk assessment, human intervention and organisational turnaround
• To examine the strategic and operational implications of crisis management planning

Content

• The nature of Crisis Management
• Modelling the Crisis Process
• The Crisis-Prone Organisation
• The Nature of Human Error
• Organisational Failures
• The Nature of a Safety Culture
• Post-Crisis Turnaround Strategies
• Developing the Crisis-Prepared Organisation
• Developing and evaluating a Crisis Management Strategy

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module students should:
• have a critical understanding of the nature and principal concepts in crisis and risk management;
• have a grounded understanding of various individual and organisational factors contributing to crisis-proneness, preparedness and crisis management success;
• have a critical appreciation of the components of a successful crisis management plan.

• By the end of the module students should:
• be able to identify the main phases in crisis development, the pre-cursors of each, and the relationships between them;
• be able to identify a potential crisis portfolio for an organisation;
• be able to analyse appropriate corporate strategies for crisis and risk management.

• Effective written communication skills
• Planning, organising and time management skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• The ability to use initiative
• Advanced skills in the interpretation of data
• Advanced computer literacy skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Learning outcomes will be met through a combination of taught input, groupwork, case studies and discussion, supported by guided reading and specially-written self-study material.
• The summative assessment of the module is designed to test the acquisition and articulation of knowledge and critical understanding, and skills of application and interpretation within the business context.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Students will receive feedback on their contributions in class.