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Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Crisis Management

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 115-0590/02
Abbreviation CRMAN
Course title Crisis Management
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Management
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Marie Mikušová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Understanding crisis (trends that promote crises, organization as a system, definition of crisis, elements of the concept of the crisis).
2. Typology of crisis (criteria, crisis matrix).
3. Vulnerability of the organizations (BIA, business operations, risk and vulnerability analysis).
4. Crisis manager and crisis management team (factors influencing the course of a crisis, training).
5. Early warning system (indicators, construction).
6. Crisis management plan (purpose, scope, assumptions, crisis management team and its activities and responses, business units, individuals with critical responsibilities, crisis operations center).
7. The algorithm of crisis management operations.
8. Phase of the crisis.
9. Development of the crisis in the organization.
10.Business recovery strategy (seven key elements).
11.After the crisis.
12.Crisis model and its application.
13.Risk management.
14.Secure management.
Case studies

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 .