One size Fits All Disaster Management: Perspectives from Management Science Vedant Pandya Coordinator, Post-Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management Programme Bhavnagar University INDIA

Assumptions about Emergency Management Emergency Management Science is Interdisciplinary Application to Society: –Government –Industry –Community: Individual and Group Multiple Resources and Interplay among them Optimum Use of Resources Applicability and Relevance

Disaster Management within Management? Specificity of Goals Existence of Strategies to achieve Goals Use of Resources Interrelationship among resources Structural Arrangements Processes Measurement of Outcomes Different Levels

Answers Questions Specific Generic Specific Generic

Contents of Curriculum Management Science: Organization Decision Making Science Financial Management Human Resource Management Organizational Behavior Supply Chain Management Strategy Formulations and Implementation Marketing Management

(Contd.) Management Control Systems Project Management Psychology: Individual, Mass, Group Management of NGOs Quantitative Techniques Public Policy

Specific Contents Introduction to Disasters Growth and Evolution of Disaster Management Disaster Management Initiatives: National Framework Introduction to Computers and GIS-GPS Risk Management Economics of Disaster Technology –Disaster Interface Hazard Risk Management

Managing the Programme: Issues Faculty Training and Development International Academic Collaboration Governance of The Programme Student Placement and Training Teaching Pedagogy Evaluation Methodologies Student Admission Close Collaboration with world: –Government, Industry and NGOs