ORGL 688

Crisis Management

The focus of this course is on mitigating, coordinating and or sustaining contemporary issues, which incorporate the practical realities of leading across cultural differences and national boundaries (e.g., generational, gender, and regional). The course examines the perspectives of individual identties and backgrounds, personal motivations, as well as political and social institutions that affect or create negative or sudden events. A concentration on persuasive communication techniques, strategies and interventions are employed when one must choose to rely on influence as oppossed to formal authority. The use of case studies is employed in the course.

Units: 3.0