2013/2014 KAN-CM_SU2C Humanitarian Operations (Intensive)
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Humanitarian Operations (Intensive) |
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Language | English |
Exam ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Elective |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | Summer |
Course period | Summer
6 week course (3 weeks of classes, 3 weeks of exam). Please check www.cbs.dk/summer for the course schedule. |
Time Table | Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
Study board |
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business
Administration
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Last updated on 25-01-2013 |
Learning objectives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Students should be able to:
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Course prerequisites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Students most benefiting from this course have a background or a strong interest in corporate social responsibility, supply chain management, humanitarian or military operations. The course is multidisciplinary based on qualitative analysis and can be adapted to several profiles. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prerequisites for registering for the exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Requirements about active
class participation (assessed approved/not approved)
Mandatory Mid-term Assignment: A group assignment will be given that incorporates the applications of the lessons learned from the readings, into one of the cases read in class. The groups will have a presentation on the final days of class with critical feedback to prepare them for the final exam. |
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Course content and structure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The course is designed in three main sections. The first will
give students an overview of the humanitarian system and the role
of logistics/supply chain management in disaster relief. The second
section is meant to discuss different management issues in the
preparedness (working between disasters) and response (coordinating
during a disaster). The third section is meant to discuss how the
private sector can contribute to each of the disaster stages. For
this we will discuss different partnership models including
corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship.
The course's development of personal competences: Students should be able to:
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Teaching methods | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The course will be taught through a
series of lectures, case studies and in-class individual/group
exercises. In-class exercises will include evaluating recent
disasters and evolutions in the humanitarian organizations. A
humanitarian guest speaker will be considered (pending
availability) for an in-class presentation and panel discussion.
Preliminary Assignment: To help students get maximum value from ISUP courses, instructors provide a reading or a small number of readings to be read before the start of classes with a related task or tasks in the first two classes in order to 'jump-start' the learning process. Students will be given asked to choose a humanitarian organization and read all the information about the recent activities, their logistics capabilities, and fundraising strategy and status. |
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Expected literature | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See list of case studies cited above in addition to a selected
articles from the following list of readings developed by Emerald
depending to be provided during the course.
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