Full Time Risk and Disaster Management MBA

The Risk and Disaster Management MBA will enable practitioners to develop management skills. It is a taught MBA covering the key concepts of business practice, disaster management and risk assessment.

Students will be able to focus their learning on their particular professional development needs and develop their skills in the critical evaluation and application of key elements of business planning and the management of risk and disasters.

More reasons to study...

• Designed to produce graduates with a range of business management skills, knowledge and experience that can be applied in the field of disaster management
• Learn key abilities that are needed to deal with and manage any future crisis, emergency or disaster in the developed or developing world
• You will study four core business modules and six disaster management modules

This programme of study is ideal for those seeking to develop careers in senior management positions and enhance their professional qualifications within the public and private sector. This MBA is designed in particular for professionals in the areas of emergency planning, crisis management, business continuity management, risk management, National government organisation (NGO) management, community development, humanitarian aid and capacity building.

It is also designed to accommodate the ongoing professional commitments of practitioners and to equip them with the research skills, knowledge, technical capacity and management expertise to deal with future crises, emergencies and disasters in the developed and developing world. The course runs full-time over one year, or part-time up to 3 years. It comprises of ten taught modules and a dissertation.

The programme includes four core business modules:

• Strategic Management
• Human Resource Management
• Financial Analysis
• Marketing Management

There are six disaster management modules:

• Disaster Theory
• Disaster Management
• Risk Assessment
• Business Continuity Management
• Management of Urban Disasters
• Research Methods

These modules focus on the industrialised nations but will also deal with global aspects of business, risk and disaster management. Staff delivering the course have a wide range of practice based knowledge and research skills.