2015/16 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS5695M Risk Management in Civil Protection

15 creditsClass Size: 20

Module manager: Eve Coles
Email: elc@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

Pre-requisites

LUBS5620M	Work-Based Learning Induction
LUBS5622M	Work-Based Learning Research Methods

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module focuses on the systemically complex and socially contested nature of risk, focusing specifically on the risk of emergencies, major incidents or crises that have the potential to disrupt the continuity of services and businesses.Individuals and organisations engage with risk in different ways; ways that reflect their personality, experience, expectations / risk appetite, organisational structures, processes and cultural values. Both individuals and organisations may exhibit strategies for ineffective risk management and this module encourages students to review how such strategies can have serious and unforeseen consequences for lives and livelihoods, the environment and service continuity, corporate reputation and business survival.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- relate government legislation, policies and initiatives aimed at improving integration and coherence to internal structures and processes for strategic risk management;
- compare and contrast differing concepts and models of risk assessment and analyse the organisational dynamics of strategic risk management, by means of case studies of major crises;
- critically evaluate options by which the impacts of crises and emergencies that threaten an organisation's service continuity and reputation may be mitigated;
- compare and contrast organisations' processes for risk management at the strategic level, with particular emphasis on strategic decision-making that balances competing demands with limited resources;
- critically evaluate corporate practices for relating risk management to contingency planning and performance management.

Learning outcomes
Taking a case study approach to illustrate theoretical and conceptual issues, this module seeks to provide both public and private sector managers and professional emergency managers with a critical appreciation of risk at a conceptual and practical level.

A range of tools are reviewed, none of which promise a complete solution to risks, but all of which have the potential to enhance critical thinking about hazards and threats, their likelihood and impacts and the management of risk in specific contexts and at a wider corporate level.

Skills outcomes
Improvement of written skills; team working and negotiation skills; presentation skills and IT skills.

Syllabus

This will cover:
- theoretical perspectives;
- policy issues & strategic risk management;
- identification of cultural barriers to effective risk management;
- integrated approaches to risk management that emphasise rigour, insight and intra and inter-organisational working.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	3	8.00	24.00
Private study hours			126.00
Total Contact hours			24.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

126 hours of private study:
- 36 hours preparing for taught sessions;
- 40 hours working in learning sets researching; and
- 50 hours writing assignment.

Additional Support:
This will be distance learning support through the University's virtual learning environment, and will be ongoing throughout the module.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Monitoring of learning sets activities through the Virtual Learning Environment and Submission of draft assignments for qualitative review and feedback.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	3,000 words	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 07/10/2011

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