Risk, Safety and Security Management (10 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- define risk, safety and security management compliance requirements, best practices and apply those
- assess and manage organisations’ risks comprehensively
- plan, assess and develop risk, safety and security management
- lead and manage safety and security management operations in normal, disturbance and crisis situations
- assess and develop safety and security culture

Location and time

The study unit will start on January 7, 2020 in Optima with e-learning orientation. The student will also choose which assignments he / she will carry out. The study unit ends in June 2020.

Materials

Literature has been given for each module in the Optima workspace and the student will alsolook for the appropriate literature for the assignments. Examples of Literature:
1) Safety and Security Management & security Culture: Reiman, T. & Oedewald, P. 2002. The assessment of organisational culture. A methodogial study. VTT Publications T2140.https://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/tiedotteet/2002/T2140.pdf
2) Risk Management, Legislation, documentation:ISO 31000:2018, Risk management – Guidelines (Can be downloaded through Laurea LibGuides)
3) Standards, Auditing and Measurement of Safety and Security Management: Kuusisto, A. 2000. Safety management systems - Audit tools and reliability of auditing. VTT Publiations 428
http://www.mtpinnacle.com/pdfs/safety-management-systems.pdf
4) Business Continuity Management and Crisis Communication: Saleh, Yunus D. 2016. Crisis management: The art of success & failure. (Can be downloaded through Laurea Finna)
5) Developent of Safety and Security Management:Schein, E. 2010. Organizational Culture and Leadership. (Can be downloaded through Laurea Finna)

Teaching methods

The study unit is mainly implemented as e-learning in the Optima workspace. There are three classroom teaching sessions at the Laurea Leppävaara campus as follows:
* 27.02.2020 between 12.30 - 15.00
* 19.03.2020 between 12.30 - 15.00 and
* 30.04.2020 between 09.00 - 11.30
Attending classroom teaching sessions is not mandatory, but recomended, because there are visiting lecturers.
The study unit begins with the orientation module and continues through the eight risk management (RM) and safety& seucity management (SSM) modules. Modules include assignments which will be made in pairs. The study unit also includes a web exam made individually. The student will decide which assignments he / she will carry out. The student will collect points from the assignments and exam based on which the grade is determined.

Employer connections

Assignments of the modules can be made, if desired, in a genuine work environment.

Exam schedules

The timetable of the study unit can be found in Pakki.

Completion alternatives

There are optional learning assignments from which the student can choose the tasks that are suitable for him/her.

Student workload

The calculated work load of the study unit is 270 hours (= 10 credits).

Content scheduling

The study unit has been divided into themes through which the course progresses.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

Before enrolling to this study unit, you should have adequate competence of safety, security and risk management, which you can acquire for example by completing study unit HT00BN79 Basics of Corporate Safety, Security and Risk Management (10 cr) or TO00BS57 Basic Theory of Corporate Safety, Security and Risk Management (5 cr) at Open University of Applied Sciences