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This document discusses a course on integrated disaster management. The course objectives are to familiarize learners with disaster preparedness and community involvement techniques. The course covers understanding different types of disasters, essentials of disaster preparedness planning, preparedness and mitigation strategies, and reconstruction and rehabilitation methods.

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MBA Syllabus 2020 07march2021 87 90

This document discusses a course on integrated disaster management. The course objectives are to familiarize learners with disaster preparedness and community involvement techniques. The course covers understanding different types of disasters, essentials of disaster preparedness planning, preparedness and mitigation strategies, and reconstruction and rehabilitation methods.

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20MBANC2 INTEGRATED DISASTER CATEGORY L T P CREDIT

MANAGEMENT
No Credit Course 1 0 1 0

Course Objectives
The Disaster Management Practice is intended to familiarize the learners with the significance,
importance, causes and impacts of disasters. This course deals specifically with the essentials of
disaster preparedness and focuses on techniques for effective community involvement, as well as
highlighting ways of gathering relevant disaster-related information and its effective
dissemination.
Expected Outcome
The course discusses various approaches and strategies to be used for effective and timely
disaster preparedness and mitigation. This course also focuses on appropriate measures for
proper management of health and casualty, and reconstruction and rehabilitation techniques.
COs

CO1 Understand foundations of disasters and associated natural and social phenomenon

CO2 Develop familiarity with disaster activities from incident response to recovery operations.

CO3 Integrated stakeholders role in disaster preparedness and mitigation plans

CO4 Deployment of community involvement as an essential part of disaster management and


Business Continuity Planning after Disaster Recovery

CO5 Deployment of humanitarian assistance to mitigate the effects disaster in the aftermath

Course Plan

Module Topics Mode of Teaching

1 Understanding Disasters: Disaster: Meaning, Factors and Lecture/Practical


Significance; Understanding Disasters :Causes and Effects;
Disasters: A Global View; Disaster Profile of India - Regional
and Seasonal; Typology of Disasters – Geological Disasters-
Hydro-Meteorological Disasters Biological Disasters ;
Technological Disasters and Manmade Disasters ; Global
Disaster Trends; Emerging Risks of Disasters; Climate Change
and Urban Disasters.
Demarcate disaster vulnerable zones of Kerala due to various
disaster threats in varying colors/intensity and prepare a map
2 Essentials of Disaster Preparedness- Planning Unit, Lecture/Practical
Communication, Leadership and Coordination, Warehousing
and Stockpiling; Disaster Management and Awareness- Human
Behaviour and Response: Individual Community, Institutions,
Community Participation and Awareness, Public Awareness
Programme, Information Organisation and Dissemination;
Disaster Management: Role of Various Agencies, District
Administration, Military and Paramilitary Forces, Ministries and
Departments at Centre and State Levels, Non-Governmental
Agencies, International Agencies, Media.
Arranging awareness programs to avoid panic in vulnerable
areas. Preparing video clips on use of special equipment
including tips for survival

3 Preparedness and Mitigation- Disaster Mapping, Predictability, Lecture/ Social


Forecasting and Warning, Disaster Preparedness Plan, Land-use Responsibility
Zoning for Disaster Management, Preparing Community Project
Through IEC (Information, Education and Communication),
Disaster Mitigation;
Preparing survey instrument to assess difficulties faced in the
past during various disasters and to prepare reports on ways to
mitigate intensity of hardship

4 Relief Measures- Search, Rescue and Evacuation, Shelter for Lecture/ Social
Victims, Livestock and Relief Measures, Clearance of Debris Responsibility
and Disposal of the Dead, Control of Fire, Damage Assessment; Project
Community Health and Casualty Management- Community
Health During Disasters, Emergency Health Operations,
Drinking Water, Food and Nutrition, Hygiene and
Sanitation. Disaster Recovery Planning and Business Continuity
Planning.
Project on improved preparedness in terms of emotional
stability, handling psychological stress, supply chain distribution
systems, medical assistance and spreading of diseases
Projects on applying modern technologies for Disaster Recovery
Planning andManagement
Projects on Business Continuity Planning

5 Reconstruction and Rehabilitation- Rehabilitation: Social and Lecture/ Social


Economic Aspects, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation as Means Responsibility
of Development, Agriculture and Irrigation, Housing to Resist Project
Disasters including Relocation, Retrofitting, Repairing and
Strengthening of Houses;
Projects on Cost estimation for cleaning debris, restoring water
and electricity connections on a war-foot basis
Projects on Innovative methods of rapid cleaning using
mechanized systems

Textbooks

1. Harsh K. Gupta, “Disaster Management”, UniversitiesPress(India Pvt Ltd), 2003


2. R. Subramanian, “Disaster Management”, Vikas Publishing, 2018
3. Kevin Roebuck, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, Emereo Pty. Ltd
4. Alex Fullick, Testing Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans: How to Plan
and Execute Successful Tests, 2015

References
5. Thomas D. Schneid, Larry Collins, “Disaster Management and Preparedness”, CRC
Press, 2000
6. Martin MulliganandYasoNadarajah, “Rebuilding communities in the wake of disaster”,
Routledge, 2012
7. John C. Pine, “Technology in Emergency Management”, Wiley, 2006
8. Anna K. Schwab, David J. Brower and Katherine Eschelbach“Hazard Mitigation and
Preparedness”, Wiley,2007
Model Question Paper Pattern
APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
SECOND SEMESTER MBA DEGREE EXAMINATION
Question Paper pattern- All Subjects
Max. Marks: 60 Time: 3 Hours

Part A
Answer all questions. Each question carries 2 marks

1. 2 Marks from Module I


2. 2 Marks from Module II
3. 2 Marks from Module III
4. 2 Marks from Module IV
5. 2 Marks from Module V
(5x2 marks = 10 marks)

Part B
Answer any 3 questions. Each question carries 10 marks

6. 10 Marks from Module I


7. 10 Marks from Module II
8. 10 Marks from Module III
9. 10 Marks from Module IV
10. 10 Marks from Module V
(3x10 marks = 30 marks)

Part C
Compulsory Question 20 marks

11. 20 Marks (From any Module or combination of Modules as the case may be)

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