The aim of the course is:

• Introduce students to the basic principles and techniques of risk management that may arise within an organization, as well as the effective management of crises, with the main aim of limiting the extent and impact, in the event that they arise.
• To encourage the detailed and critical view of the students, so that they are able to distinguish the type of risk, but also the effects of crises in an organization, in the context of the modern global dynamic environment.

•  To develop the skills of students to choose the appropriate techniques for      managing risks and possible crises, including those of mass communication and information.

Upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to:

• Recognize the systemic approach to risk management and the effective management of emerging crises in an organization.

• Analyze and examine the full range of risks faced by businesses in the 21st century.

• Recognize the roles and responsibilities of directors in managing an event before it causes the crisis.

• Locates the appropriate executives and agencies inside and outside the organization who should be involved in the management of emergencies and situations.

• Identify problematic leadership behaviors, and inappropriate crisis management strategies

• Familiarize yourself with implementing emergency plans and developing and implementing a Business Continuity Management (BCM) strategy

• Distinguish ways of dealing with the crisis in communication.

• Identity the psychological factors that affect crises management.

• Explain the supply chain's practices and techniques for dealing with and managing a crisis.

General Competences:

• Adapting to new situations
• Decision-making
• Working independently
• Teamwork
• Working in an international environment
• Working in an interdisciplinary environment
• Production of new research ideas Teamwork
• Project planning and management
• Respect for difference and multiculturalism
• Respect for the natural environment
• Showing social, professional, and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
• Criticism and self-criticism
• Production of free, creative and inductive thinking