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THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
RISK AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT

ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSE

Develop an effective risk and crisis management strategy to better prepare your business for uncertainty.

VIEW COURSE PROSPECTUS
Duration

8 weeks,
excluding orientation

Effort

6–8 hours per week,
self-paced learning online

Learning Format

Weekly modules,
flexible learning

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ON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH:

  1. An interdisciplinary perspective on risk and crisis management.

  2. An understanding of the role of organisational culture in risk and crisis prevention.

  3. The ability to apply theories and tools to current trends in risk and crisis management.

  4. Insight into accountability, transparency, and blame in risk and crisis management.

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This Risk and Crisis Management online certificate course is certified by the United Kingdom CPD Certification Service, and may be applicable to individuals who are members of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies. The course has an estimated 70 hours of learning.

Note: should you wish to claim CPD activity, the onus is on you. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and GetSmarter accept no responsibility, and cannot be held responsible, for the claiming or validation of hours or points.

    COURSE CURRICULUM

    Over the duration of this online certificate course, you'll work through the following modules:

    MODULE 1 Introducing risk and crisis management

    Analyse the differences between risk and crisis management, and the impact culture has on them.

    MODULE 2 Learning from disasters

    Discover how organisational culture and leadership impact accident prevention and management and learn how to foster a culture of reading early warning signs.

    MODULE 3 Risk management processes

    Explore the key components of enterprise risk management, and the challenge of embedding these within an organisation.

    MODULE 4 Risk management tools

    Assess the advantages and challenges of designing key risk indicators and risk maps.

    MODULE 5 Crisis management

    Explore the concept of high reliability organisations and the interplay of risk and crisis management.

    MODULE 6 Transboundary crisis management

    Understand why it is important to consider organisational and politico-geographical boundaries when managing crises.

    MODULE 7 Accountability in risk and crisis management

    Examine the different aspects of accountability, transparency, and blame management.

    MODULE 8 Trends in risk and crisis management

    Explore emerging trends in risk and crisis management and reflect on whether the theories and tools covered on this course can meet these new challenges.

    Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during course development.

    COURSE CONVENORS

    Professor Martin Lodge

    Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Department of Government, LSE
    Deputy Head of Department for Research, LSE

    A member of LSE's Department of Government since 2002, Martin is the current director of the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR). In the Horizon 2020 project on transboundary crisis management capacities, he was a member of the TransCrisis research consortium. His focus areas of study are comparative regulatory regimes and policies, institutional analysis, and German, British, and European Union public policy. Additionally, Martin is the editor of Public Administration.

    Dr Andrea Mennicken

    Associate Professor of Accounting and Co-Director of CARR, Department of Accounting, LSE

    Currently serving as the deputy director of CARR, Andrea's research interests include global accounting and audit regulation and standardisation, as well as processes of social, political, and economic transition in post-Soviet Russia, accounting reforms in the public sector, and accounting in prisons.

    “We live in a world of unprecedented challenges for risk and crisis management. This programme is a unique opportunity to bring together risk and crisis management, and share learning with an international group of outstanding students.”– Dr Andrea Mennicken, Associate Professor of Accounting and Co-Director of CARR, Department of Accounting, LSE

    AN ONLINE EDUCATION THAT SETS YOU APART

    This LSE online certificate course is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter. Join a growing community of global professionals and benefit from the opportunity to:
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