Emergency Preparedness Organizations

ORG5001

This course explores emergency preparedness organizations and their role in managing various types of crises. This course focuses on organizational design, emergency preparedness systems, collaboration challenges, emergency preparedness exercising and learning. The students elaborate on roles and responsibilities of emergency preparedness organizations at different levels. Students take part in exercises developed at the Center for crisis management and collaboration - Nordlab.

Knowledge

Students have

Thorough knowledge on emergency preparedness organization within different types of crises
Thorough insight into collaboration challenges between emergency preparedness organizations and systems
Advanced knowledge about theoretical approaches for studying emergency preparedness organization, emergency preparedness exercises and learning

Skills

Students

Are able to analyze different types of emergency preparedness organizations and systems based on organizational theory approaches
Are able to utilize analytical models on practical problems within emergency preparedness organization
Are able to reflect over different exercises in relation to organization, collaboration and relevance for own practice

General competences

Students

Are able to apply different theory approaches within emergency preparedness organization
Are able to acquire knowledge from academic literature relevant to emergency preparedness exercises, learning and emergency preparedness systems
Are able to contribute actively in learning activities interacting with other students that have different professional background

Lectures, work in groups, self-study, as well as participation in exercises at Center for crisis management and collaboration - Nordlab

Course language

Norwegian

Credits

7.5

Teaching semesters

Autumn 2026

Responsible faculty

Nord University Business School

Course coordinator

Professor

Natalia Andreassen

natalia.andreassen@nord.no