Module overview
Security management is an essential activity in most organisations, with poor security practices often playing a key role in organisational failure and crises. This has resulted in a need for individuals with specialist knowledge in organisational security management.
This module draws upon theory, research, contemporary examples and the analysis of historical incidents to provide students with a broad understanding of the key conceptual and human issues surrounding security threats and their effective management. Students will learn how to (i) identify and assess a range of security threats (ii) critically evaluate the relative strengths of a variety of security management techniques and (iii) determine the role of organisational culture and managerial practices in improving organisational security.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The theoretical approaches to contemporary security issues in organisational contexts.
- The relationship between security management practice, theory and research.
- The extent to which effective security management can be integrated into organisational practice to provide a competitive advantage.
- The advantages and limitation of various security assessment (e.g., risk maps) and management techniques (e.g., environmental design).
- 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.
- How risk perceptions and knowledge can influence security management decision making.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Use written communication skills to succinctly assimilate and communicate information from multiple sources.
- Use verbal communication to explain simple and complex issues.
- Identify and critically analysis a variety of information sources.
- Apply critical thinking.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- 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.
- Critically evaluate the role of managerial practice in improving organisational security.
- Gather and assess information that can be utilised to enhance organisational security.
- Contribute to group activities aimed at identifying and managing security threats.
Syllabus
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
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
- Lectures
- Sessions delivered by guest speakers
- Group exercises and discussions
- Independent study
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 24 |
Independent Study | 126 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Cabric, M. (2015). Corporate Security Management: Challenges, Risks and Strategies. Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann.
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..
McCrie, R.D. (2016). Security Operations Management. Cambridge: Butterworth-Heineman.
Newsome, B. (2014). A Practical Introduction to Security and Risk Management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Peer Group Feedback
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Feedback and discussion following all group activities in classes. Peer feedback. Lecturer and guest speaker feedback in response to questions and comments. Personal feedback from Module Leader upon request. You may ask for written feedback from the teaching team at any time (e.g., if you have answered some practice exam questions and would like some feedback on the answers). Knowledge tests/quizzes during lectures.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
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.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External