stc3icm issues and crisis management

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION ISSUES AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT

STC3ICM

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Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Issues and crisis will provide the theoretical background along with the necessary practical strategies and tactics for effective communication during a major issue or crisis. Crisis management is the process by which an organisation such as a government, corporation or not-for-profit deals with a major event that threatens to harm the organisation. It will study the development of crisis management which originated with the large scale industrial and environmental disasters in the 1980s. Through a series of case studies, it will focus on new developments in crisis management in a social media age and examine practical and innovative ways that these issues can be managed. It will encompass the development of emerging crisis siutations such as cyber-crime and terrorism.

SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorKevin Brianton

Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG

Exchange StudentsYes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites STC1ISC, STC2SCR and STC2SCP

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjectsN/A

Equivalent subjectsN/A

Special conditionsN/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Ability to handle real life pressures of actual crisis stimulation. Defend or improve reputation through adversity.

Activities:
Present report on crisis situtation and personal critique on crisis simulation. Present a report on crisis situtation and personal critique on crisis simulation.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:
Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
Writing(Writing)
Speaking(Speaking)
Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
Teamwork(Teamwork)

02. Assess the threat to reputation of an issue or incident.

Activities:
Issues management planning.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:
Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)

03. Examine comparative roles of social and traditional media in a crisis.

Activities:
Critically analyse the developing role of social media.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:
Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)

04. Handle or advise on media interviews and other public statements.

Activities:
Incoporate media training during a crisis situation
Related graduate capabilities and elements:
Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
Speaking(Speaking)
Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)

05. Improve issues and crisis communications planning.

Activities:
Learning exercises on real world examples and case studies. Present report on crisis situtation and personal critique on crisis simulation.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:
Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
Writing(Writing)
Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)

06. Recognise and tackle organisational cultures that foster crises.

Activities:
Provide a critique and analysis of an issues and crisis management response.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:
Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
Writing(Writing)
Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)

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