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Crisis Leadership and Communication (5 cr)

Code: SY00BI90-3001

General information


Enrollment
15.05.2018 - 19.08.2018
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.09.2018 - 31.12.2018
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
2 cr
Virtual proportion
3 cr
RDI proportion
2 cr
Mode of delivery
Blended learning
Campus
Laurea Tikkurila
Teaching languages
English
Seats
20 - 35
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Global Development and Management in Health Care (SYV6), Laurea Tikkurila
Teachers
Mikko Häkkinen
Teija-Kaisa Aholaakko
Jorma Jokela
Study unit
SY00BI90

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- enhance ethical leadership and communication in natural and manmade crises
- co-create multi-authority activities and serve as a specialists in natural and manmade crises
- to lead and coordinate interprofessional cooperation in manmade and non-manmade crises
- communicate in crises
- develop interaction and leadership skills in interprofessional networks

Location and time

14th September 2018, 9:00 - 16:00
12th October 2018, 9:00 - 12:00
14th December 2018, 9:00 - 16:00

Materials

Buchanan-Smith, M. and Scriven, K. 2011 Leadership in Action: Leading Effectively in Humanitarian Operations. ALNAP. 80 pp. https://www.alnap.org/help-library/leadership-in-action-leading-effectively-in-humanitarian-operations
Overview of Diversity Management implementation and impact amongst Diversity Charter signatories in the European Union (2014)
Palosaari, E. 2016. Children’s thoughts after war: Trauma-related cognitions and parents’ war trauma predicting mental health problems among war-affected children. Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 2135 Tampere University Press. http://tampub.uta.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/98384/978-952-03-0025-8.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y
Pantti, M., et al (2012) Disasters and the Media. Peter Lang.
Schwarz, A. Seeger, M.W & C. Auer (toim.) (2016) The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research. (Selected 3-4 chapters)

Teaching methods

- Learning within lectures and workshops.
- Pair assignment: Report for analysis and synthesis of crisis leadership and communication in chosen manmade or natural crisis.
Content:
- Ethical requirements, principles and procedures in natural and manmade crises.
- International crisis communication processes and media.
- Crisis leadership models and approaches.

Evaluation scale

H-5

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