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MGMT629 : Crisis Management

Course Overview

Course Synopsis

Crisis and difficulties are indispensable part of human life at both individual and collective level. The prime purpose of this course is to introduce different processes by which organization deals with major crises or any uncertain events that can harm the organization. This course is designed with prime focus to equip MBA students with different crisis faced at individual and collective level; like different types and causes of crisis, how to deal with those crises and how research is an important element in dealing with such crisis. This course will enrich student’s knowledge in different techniques and abilities to identify the crisis well in time.

Course Learning Outcomes

The course will provide the following to the students:

  • Skills in defining and analyzing the crisis
  • Crisis Management techniques
  • How to tackle different uncertain situations
  • Understand the importance of research in crisis management
  • Learn different real time crises prevails in past and present


Course Calendar

1 INTRODUCTION
2 CRISES - DEFINITIONS & DIMENSIONS
3 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONFLICT AND CRISIS
4 LEVELS & TYPES OF CRISES
5 CAUSES OF CRISES
6 CONCEPT/ TYPES OF SYSTEM
7 TYPES OF SYSTEM
8 ANALYSIS - INTRODUCTION
9 ANALYSIS - DEFINITIONS
10 ANALYSIS - DIMENSIONS
11 DECISION MAKING PROCESS
12 WHAT AFFECTS THE DECISION MAKING?
13 DECISION MAKING AT STATE / INTERSTATE LEVEL
14 RESEARCH
15 WHAT IS RESEARCH
16 SEQUENCE OF RESEARCH
17 CLASSIFICATION OF RESEARCH
18 CLASSIFICATION OF RESEARCH ---------Cont:-
19 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE (RESEARCH/APPROACHES)
20 GUIDELINES FOR CLASSIFICATION OF RESEARCH
21 TYPES OF RESEARCH BY MOTIVES & SUBJECT MATTERS
22 RESEARCH BY SUBJECT MATTER
23 RESEARCH BY SUBJECT MATTER Cont---1
24 RESEARCH BY SUBJECT MATTER Cont---2
25 CHARACTERISTICS OF RESEARCH
26 ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF GOOD RESEARCH WORK
27 HISTORICAL RESEARCH
28 PURPOSES AND STEPS OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH
29 HISTORICAL RESEARCH CONT-1
30 HISTORICAL RESEARCH ----Cont-2
31 QUALITIES OF A GOOD RESEARCHER-MORAL QUALITIES
32 QUALITIES OF A GOOD RESEARCHER-MENTAL QUALITIES
33 QUALITIES OF GOOD CRISIS MANAGER-EDUCATION / INTELLACTUAL QUALITIES
34 BASIS OF DECISION MAKING DURING CRISES
35 BASIS OF DECISION MAKING DURING CRISES-CONT
36 NATURE AND KINDS OF CRISES IN GENERAL
37 FEATURES OF AN EFFECTIVE CRISIS MANGEMENT ORGANIZATION
38 SUGGESTED MODEL FOR CRISIS MANGEMENT-NATIONAL LEVEL
39 SUGGESTED MODEL FOR CRISIS MANGEMENT-PROVINCIAL/DISTRICT LEVELS
40 ESTABLISHMENT OF CONTROL ROOM
41 CRISIS MANAGEMENT AT ALL LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION
42 SUGGESTIONS FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS
43 CUBAN CRISIS
44 THE IDEAL CRISIS MANAGER
45 CONCLUSION