You can complete one short course as a standalone credential or stack multiple to build towards a full postgraduate degree at Deakin. Want to know more?
Course overview
This short course will equip you with the expertise to lead organisations in times of crises. You’ll learn about why leadership matters during a crisis, the importance of self-assessment and reflection, and how to communicate in stressful and complex situations.
After completion of the stackable short course, you will be able to apply these skills immediately in your workplace.
- Apply expert insights to plan for uncertainty.
- Reflect on own capacity for leadership under uncertainty.
- Use effective communication in times of crises.
- Critically analyse situations to inform sound decision making.
Entry requirements
To be successful we recommend you are proficient in English and have a minimum of an undergraduate degree in a related field or significant work experience.
Industry organisation and expert
This stackable short course is co-designed with the experts in the field of management. Together, we’ve designed a course where you’ll gain skills that you can apply immediately in your workplace or use to further your career.
The Risk Management Institute of Australasia (RMIA) stands as a premier association for risk professionals in Australasia, providing essential resources, opportunities for networking and educational offerings. Dr Florian Klonek is a senior lecturer in management at Deakin Business School.
Earn a digital credential
We’ve teamed up with Credly to award you a digital credential when you complete this industry-recognised stackable short course, plus you can bank the credit towards a Deakin postgraduate degree. You can also share your digital credential on social and professional platforms.
Course structure
How you'll learn
Go at your own pace with support from your educator and fellow learners during online learning activities and discussions. Complete your course within six weeks, including the assessment, or take extra time and use the regular assessment submission windows to complete within 24 weeks of your enrolment.
What you’ll learn
During the short course you’ll:
- demonstrate the knowledge of the role of crisis leadership for individuals, teams and
- organisations in a variety of settings
- evaluate the role of context and apply key concepts of effective crisis leadership to your
- own situation
- reflect on your role in leading and managing crises
- develop a crisis management action plan.
How you're assessed
You are asked to assess your own crisis leadership style and develop a crisis management action plan (2500 words).
Reshaping university education
An innovative learning structure delivered by a leading university. With more than 40 years’ experience in distance and online education, we’re proud to be adding this unique study format to our courses, providing you with more choice to further your career and fulfil your lifelong learning needs.
Ready to enrol?
It takes five minutes to register your details and sign up for a stackable short course. We have discounts available for Deakin alumni, staff and group bookings. Enrol today and get the skills you need to take your career further, faster.
Did you know you can apply credit to a postgraduate degree?
Unsure what degree you want to study? Study two short courses that interest you and apply both as credit towards a wide range of postgraduate degrees at Deakin – from business administration to nursing, sustainability to communication and more.*
*Subject to successful completion of the short course and meeting Deakin’s award course admission and selection requirements, including English language proficiency requirements.
Limits on elective space in a destination degree are outlined in specific degrees’ course rules within the Deakin University Handbook. Typically, a maximum of four stackable short courses can be used as credit (2 credit points) towards a masters; and two stackable short courses can be used as credit (1 credit point) towards graduate certificates and diplomas.
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