PC4S033 - Risk Management and Analysis 31 Jul 2020 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: PC4S033
Module Title: Risk Management and Analysis
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Policing and Criminology
Faculty Sub Group: Policing
Module Leader: Joana Pereira, Helen Martin
Module Team: Mike Edwards
First Intended Intake: SEP 2019 Final Year of Intake: 2024
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100486 - policing
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 2
Valid From 31 Jul 2020
Valid To 31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

Develop knowledge and a critical understanding of the application and key decision making in risk management and analysis.

Foster knowledge in the evaluation of intelligence sources, and the analytical challenges posed to analysts from large elements of data.

Content Summary

Indicative content:

Risk Analysis: Understanding Risks and Uncertainty

Risk Analysis and Financial Markets

Risk Analysis and Terrorism

Intelligence & Cyber Security:

· What is Open Source Intelligence?

· Rethinking intelligence and the role of the analyst

Legal and ethical implications of OSINT

· Search Strategies

· Working with keywords

· Collection and action planning

· Search strategies

· Automating Data Collection

· Working with RSS feeds

· Automating data collection from the web and social media

Aggregating and managing your OSINT sources

Effective Search Skills

· Working with search operators

· Search tools and resources

· Exercise: Building an Intelligence Dashboard

· Data collecting using the “Lean Intelligence” approach

· Checking and validating your sources

Early Warning and the Crisis Cycle

· Scenario Building and Warning Analysis

· Global Methodological Overview and Challenges

· Mapping a Crisis

· Selecting Variables for Scenarios

· Building a Set of Scenarios

Approaches to Crisis Management

Public Leadership and Decision-Making in Crisis Situations

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 10
Seminar 10
Independent Study 80
Directed Study 95
Formative Assessment - Independent 1
Active/Simulation Based 4
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Critically evaluate the complexities and challenges of intelligence gathering and analysis risk management within the International Security environment.
LO2 Critically appraise a wide range of intelligence sources, frameworks and policy relating to data and information, and make formal recommendations.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Report 1 A report on application and key decision making in risk management and analysis 0 4000 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Report 1 ✔ ✔

Reading List

Baylis, J. and S. Smith (2016), eds, The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations, 7th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Collins, A. (2014), ed., Contemporary Security Studies. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Pres.

Dannreuther, R. (2014), 4th ed. International Security: The Contemporary Agenda. Cambridge: Polity.

Simon, L. (2014). Geopolitical Change, Grand Strategy and European Security. Palgrave.

Supplementary Reading:

Buzan, B. et al. (1998) Security: A New Framework for Analysis. Boulder, CO; London: Lynne Rienner

Kaunert, C. and K. Zwolski (2013): The EU as a Global Security Actor – a comprehensive analysis beyond CFSP and JHA (with K. Zwolski), (Basingstoke: Palgrave; Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics),