The Management of Corporate Security

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically evaluate the role of managerial practice in improving organisational security.
• Critically evaluate the relative strengths of a variety of security management techniques.
• Apply simple assessment tools and techniques to develop insights into specific security threats.
• Gather and assess information that can be utilised to enhance organisational security.
• Contribute to group activities aimed at identifying and managing security threats.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Identify and critically analysis a variety of information sources.
• Use written communication skills to succinctly assimilate and communicate information from multiple sources.
• Apply critical thinking.
• Use verbal communication to explain simple and complex issues.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The role security managers can play in addressing complex threats such as cybercrime, terrorism, corporate espionage and organised crime.
• The political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal “drivers” of security issues.
• The theoretical approaches to contemporary security issues in organisational contexts.
• The extent to which effective security management can be integrated into organisational practice to provide a competitive advantage.
• The relationship between security management practice, theory and research.
• How risk perceptions and knowledge can influence security management decision making.
• The advantages and limitation of various security assessment (e.g., risk maps) and management techniques (e.g., environmental design).

The module is organized into twelve two-hour lectures that will each provide students with an introduction to key concepts, issues, theories and research findings in the field of organisational security management. The twelve key subjects covered across the lectures are:

1.Value form Security Management

2.Drivers of Security Issues

3.Crime in a Physical Context

4.Organisations and Organised Crime

5.Terrorism and Security Management

6.Fraud and Corruption

7.Security Management and Ethics

8.Cyber Security and the Security Manager

9.Crisis Management

10.The Psychology of Security

11.Managing Corporate Espionage

12.Security Intelligence

Teaching and learning methods

• Lectures
• Sessions delivered by guest speakers
• Group exercises and discussions
• Independent study

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

McCrie, R.D. (2016). Security Operations Management. Cambridge: Butterworth-Heineman.

Fay, J.J. & Patterson, D. (2018). Contemporary Security Management. Cambridge, MA: Butterworth-Heineman.

Cabric, M. (2017). From Corporate Security to Commercial Force: A Business Leader's Guide to Security Economics. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann..

Cabric, M. (2015). Corporate Security Management: Challenges, Risks and Strategies. Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Newsome, B. (2014). A Practical Introduction to Security and Risk Management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External