MGMT604  - Organizational Crisis Management

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This course is an overview of Organizational Crisis Management. Studies focus on a variety of aspects related to crisis management, including public, defense, and leadership management in a crisis, communications, and strategic assessments of crises. The student will develop understanding of the choices leaders can make in a crisis, the appropriate forms of communication, both to the public and the media, and to one’s employees, and confidence building and reconciliation in international crises.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

N/A

Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
11/05/09 - 03/28/10 04/05/10 - 05/30/10 Spring 2010 Session B - 8 Week session
11/30/09 - 04/25/10 05/03/10 - 06/27/10 Spring 2010 Session I - 8 Week session
12/28/09 - 05/30/10 06/07/10 - 08/01/10 Spring 2010 Session D - 8 Week session
01/25/10 - 06/27/10 07/05/10 - 08/29/10 Summer 2010 Session B - 8 Week session
02/22/10 - 07/25/10 08/02/10 - 09/26/10 Summer 2010 Session I - 8 Week session
03/29/10 - 08/29/10 09/06/10 - 10/31/10 Summer 2010 Session D - 8 Week session
04/26/10 - 09/26/10 10/04/10 - 11/28/10 Fall 2010 Session B - 8 Week session
05/31/10 - 10/24/10 11/01/10 - 12/26/10 Fall 2010 Session I - 8 Week session
06/28/10 - 11/28/10 12/06/10 - 01/30/11 Fall 2010 Session D - 8 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: Strategic Assessment in War
ISBN: 0300080697
Publication Info: NY: Yale Univ Press

Book Title: Crisis in Organizations II (Note for MGMT604 students: This book is recommended, but not required)
ISBN: 0324024290
Publication Info: San Diego,CA: South-Western Pub.

Book Title: Managing Crises Before They Happen: What Every Executive Needs to Know About Crisis Management
ISBN: 0814473288
Publication Info: AMACOM, 2000

Book Title: Harvard Business Review on Crisis Management - ebook available in the APUS Online Library to be used while awaiting text
ISBN: 1578512352
Publication Info: Harvard Business School

Book Title: Harvard Business Review on Managing Uncertainty - ebook available in the APUS Online Library to be used while awaiting text
ISBN: 0875849083
Publication Info: Harvard Business School Press (February 1999)

 
 
 

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