Strategic Risk Management for the Twenty First Century

Organizations today face an unprecedented array of challenges, ranging from political instability to natural disasters to global pandemics. Developing effective risk management and crisis management strategies in the face of such challenges is therefore of vital importance to organizations in today’s business environment. This course helps students begin to navigate these contemporary challenges by providing a comprehensive, yet accessible, overview of the key concepts and issues in the field of risk and crisis management. Based around a series of in-depth case studies, it not only outlines the key frameworks and strategies that organizations use to identify, measure, and respond to different kinds of risk and crises, it also critically discusses the challenges posed by contemporary issues such as climate change and increased social media usage to the implementation of effective risk and crisis management strategies. Free of excessive technical jargon and of relevance to students on a wide range of academic programmes, this course provides the ideal companion to those looking to make sense of how organizations of all sizes can respond to the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities that exist in this era of increased uncertainty.