Mainstreaming disaster risk management into management education: case of the Mona School of Business & Management

The purpose of this paper is to provide a background to and guide for mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management (DRM) into higher education and training institutions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), with the aim of increasing awareness and understanding of the complexity of DRM issues in busin...

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Autores:
Minto-Coy, Indianna
Rao, Lila
Tipo de recurso:
Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Universidad EAFIT
Repositorio:
Repositorio EAFIT
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/11382
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10784/11382
Palabra clave:
I23
M14
Q54
disaster risk management
disaster risk reduction
small island developing states
mainstreaming
business
SMEs
Jamaica
gestión del riesgo de desastres
reducción del riesgo de desastres
pequeños estados insulares
incorporación
negocios
PYME
Jamaica
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Copyright (c) 2016 AD-minister
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is to provide a background to and guide for mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management (DRM) into higher education and training institutions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), with the aim of increasing awareness and understanding of the complexity of DRM issues in business and management, based on their general and specific vulnerabilities. SIDS are considered a special category within the discussion on DRM, given a number of vulnerabilities generally and specifically. Furthermore, little attention has been paid to the business impact of disasters in such settings. It is proposed that one major route to improving this situation is through the educational and training institutions, which play a major role in shaping thinking and practices in such settings.