Crisis Management (5 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- co-create complex international humanitarian aid infrastructure and response in interprofessional teams
- analyse operations on evidence-base in natural and manmade crises
- enhance implementation of evidence-based operations in natural and manmade crises
- evaluate operations on evidence-base in natural and manmade crises
- research and develop crisis leadership and management

Location and time

Friday 11.09.2020 09.00 - 16.00 B302
- 9:00 - 10:00 Crisis and disasters response, Pekka Reinikainen, Officer, Advocacy and Communication, International Operations and Programmes at Finnish Red Cross
- 10:00 - 14:00 Roles and responsibilities of local, regional and global bodies and players in natural and man-made crisis and disasters, Petteri Taitto, Development Manager (including lunch break)
- 14:00 - 15:30 EU Civil Protection Mechanism, Nina Ruuhivirta, MSc in Emergency and Disaster Management
- 15:30 - 16:00 Practicalities of the course, Jorma Jokela and Mikko Häkkinen

Friday 09.10.2020 09.00 - 16.00 B302
- 9:00 - 10:30 Improving the Effectiveness of Capabilities in EU Conflict Prevention, Maria Mekri, Executive Director, Safer Globe
- 10:45 - 12:00 Mikko Ojala, Training Specialist, Crisis Management Center (CMC Finland), Civilian Crisis Management and CMC Finland
- 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
- 13:00 - 14:30, Humanitarian Aid in Conflicts, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), Doctors Without Borders, Linda Konate, Executive Director
- 14:30 - 15:00 Coffee breack
- 15:00 - 16:00

Saturday 14.11.2020 09.00 - 16.00 B302
- Seminar day; presentation by students

Materials

Farazmand, A. (2014). Crisis and emergency management: Theory and practice (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Heide, Mats, and Charlotte Simonsson. (2019). Internal Crisis Communication : Crisis Awareness, Leadership and Coworkership. Taylor & Francis Group. Ebook Central.
Holla, K.; Titko, M.; Ristvej, J. (2018). Crisis Management - Theory and Practice. IntechOpen.
Kovoor-Misra, S. (2020). Crisis management: Resilience and change (First edition.). Los Angeles: SAGE.
Penuel, K. B., Hagen, R. & Statler, M. (2013). Encyclopedia of Crisis Management. Sage Publications, Inc.
Pursiainen, C. (2018). The crisis management cycle. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge.
Ulmer, R. R., Sellnow, T. L. (. L. & Seeger, M. W. (. W. (2019). Effective crisis communication: Moving from crisis to opportunity (Fourth edition.). Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc.

Teaching methods

- Learning within lectures and workshops.
- Individual assignments related to practical crisis management.

Content:
• natural and manmade crises
• roles and responsibilities of major local, regional and global bodies and players in natural and manmade crises
• roles and responsibilities of individual in interprofessional co-operation in natural and manmade crises
• operational safety in interprofessional natural and manmade crisis management
• situational awareness and personnel safety
• needs for medical assistance
• briefing for and debriefing after natural and manmade crisis

Employer connections

Visiting specialist lecturers from authentic environments.
Learning assignment related with authentic environments.

Exam schedules

Contact study days in Laurea Tikkurila campus:

Fri 11.09.2020 09.00 - 16.00 B302
Fri 09.10.2020 09.00 - 16.00 B302
Sat 14.11.2020 09.00 - 16.00 B302

International connections

The course is globally oriented. Learners’ experiences from around the world are utilized.

Completion alternatives

-

Student workload

5 ECT (135 hours of work)
- Contact study days 3 x 8 hours (24 hours)
- Independent learning 111 hours.

Content scheduling

• natural and manmade crises
• roles and responsibilities of major local, regional and global bodies and players in natural and manmade crises
• roles and responsibilities of individual in interprofessional co-operation in natural and manmade crises
• operational safety in interprofessional natural and manmade crisis management
• situational awareness and personnel safety
• needs for medical assistance
• briefing for and debriefing after natural and manmade crisis

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information

mikko.hakkinen@laurea.fi
jorma.jokela@laurea.fi