130801

Advanced Leadership in Emergency Management

This course explores the theory and practice of operational and strategic leadership applied in emergencies, including organisational psychology, politics, law, ethics, team leadership, communication and crisis decision making.

Course code

Qualifications are made up of courses. Some universities call these papers. Each course is numbered using six digits.

130801

Level

The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).

800-level

Credits

Each course is worth a number of credits. You combine courses (credits) to meet the total number of credits needed for your qualification.

60

Subject

Emergency Services Management

Course planning information

Prerequisite courses

Complete first
Admission to Master of Emergency Management or approval by Head of School

You need to complete the above course or courses before moving onto this one.

General progression requirements

You may enrol in a postgraduate course (that is a 700-, 800- or 900-level course) if you meet the prerequisites for that course and have been admitted to a qualification which lists the course in its schedule.

Learning outcomes

What you will learn. Knowledge, skills and attitudes you’ll be able to show as a result of successfully finishing this course.

  • 1 Critically evaluate research and scholarly work relevant to emergency management.
  • 2 Demonstrate knowledge of advanced crisis leadership theory and practices.
  • 3 Provide advanced analysis of incident management case studies.
  • 4 Analyse leadership implications in operational and strategic environments.
  • 5 Critically analyse and provide recommendations to contemporary leadership challenges in emergency management.

Learning outcomes can change before the start of the semester you are studying the course in.

Textbooks needed

There are no set texts for this course.

Course delivery details

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