Crisis Management
PostgraduateTAS-HSP5052027
Course information for 2027 intake View information for 2026 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 14 Feb 2027
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Price from
- $3,145
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Crisis Management
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Comprehend theoretical approaches in crisis management.
- Apply relevant theoretical perspectives and concepts to crisis management practice.
- Produce written work on crisis management that is clearly communicated and meets scholarly and industry requirements.
- The crisis management framework and process
- Role of the board and governance
- Crisis management team
- Training and development
- Exercise management
- Lessons management
- Crisis leadership
- Strategic decision making in a crisis
- The challenges of strategic decision making in a crisis
- Scenario-based thinking
- Principles of crisis communications
- Crisis communications in practice
A crisis has a material impact on an organisation’s ability to deliver services to the community, reputation, shareholder value and potentially, the viability of the organisation. This requires input from the highest levels to strategically respond to and manage the potential and actual ramifications. Crisis Management requires practitioners to have a comprehensive understanding of core concepts and processes so they can enhance the organisation's capability to manage a crisis and mitigate the impacts in a crisis. This subject provides you with a thorough understanding of the theoretical concepts and practical applications of Crisis Management.
You will gain an appreciation of the issues and elements that underlie the practice of Crisis Management and draw upon theoretical concepts, real life case studies and relevant standards. This subject will provide you with the skills and practical experience to translate theoretical concepts on Crisis Management into tangible outputs for industry. This subject provides you with an understanding and the requisite skills that will be interrelated with other subjects should you proceed further with your postgraduate studies in organisational resilience.
Successful completion of this subject via Open Access may be used to gain entry to the Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience (TAS-ORG-GCE).
- Online Multiple Choice Quiz (20%)
- Assignment evaluating your organisation’s leadership, decision-making and communications during an actual crisis or crisis exercise. (50%)
- Proposal to enhance crisis management capability using training that includes exercise and lessons management. (30%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
Others
To be eligible to enrol in this unit as a single subject, students should have:
Relevant work experience in a business resilience, risk management, business continuity management, security management, crisis management, emergency management, or any other role aligned to organisational resilience.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
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