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Terminated in academic year 2013/2014

Crisis Management

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 115-0590/01
Abbreviation CRMAN
Course title Crisis Management
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Management
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Marie Mikušová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1 Crisis
• Admitting the crisis, Signals of a crisis
2 Stakeholders
3 Crisis team
4 Damage incurred
5 Diagnosis
• Analyses, The type of crisis, Strategy of coping with a crisis
6 Crisis interventions
• Recovery (revitalization) plan, Crisis stabilization, New management, Stakeholder management, Change of organization strategy, Critical process of improvement, Organizational changes, Financial restructuring, Evaluation of crisis management results and their use for prevention, Restoration of credibility
7 Communication with stakeholders
8 Termination of a crisis (putting a crisis to an end)
9 Prevention of a crisis
• Finding bottlenecks, Crisis plan, Procedure for drawing up a simple crisis plan, Crisis team, Information, Preparation of room for the management of unexpected events

Training and preparation of managers for prevention and management of business crises:
1. The practice of crisis management in organizations and the desirable focus of the education system in this area
2. Factors influencing the course of a crisis
• Personal approach of the manager to the preparation for a crisis event, Conditions for preparation for a crisis, Subsystems of preparation and training
3. Requirements placed on the preparation of a manager

E-learning

In this course the form of E-learning is preferred. Teaching is carried out through consultation and regular lectures. Study materials are put into the internal system LMS. Students can make a consultation with the teacher.
Students fulfill their obligations by writing essays and passing a written or oral examination.

Literature

BRANT, Barb. Change Management that Sticks: A Practical, People-centred Approach, for High Buy-in, and Meaningful Results. Auckland: Barb Grant, 2023. SBN 978-1991185709
COX EDMONDSON, Vickie. The Thinking Strategist: Unleashing the Power of Strategic Management to Identify, Explore and Solve Problems. 2nd ed. Bingley: Emerald, 2022. ISBN 978-1803825625 .
MOHANAN, Brendan. Strategic Corporate Crisis Management. London: Routledge, 2022. ISBN 978-1032107370.

Advised literature

CAMPBELL, Harvey R; RATTRAY, Sandy a Van HERMERT, Otto. Strategic Risk Management: Designing Portfolios and Managing Risk. London: Wiley, 2021. ISBN‎ 978-1-119-77391-7.
GILLESPIE, Andrew. Economics for Business. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-019-878-603-0 .
HENRY, Anthony, E. Understanding Strategic Management. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-019-885-983-3 .