Paula D. Gordon, Ph.D.

Selected Recent and Currently Scheduled Courses and Presentations

 

Recent Presentations and Media Appearances

 

 

 

Courses Recently or Currently Taught or Scheduled

 

Online Course HSEP 620 - Private Sector Issues in Security and Preparedness
(Spring and Fall 2008)

Course Description: This course is a survey of the private sector's dilemmas and responsibilities in homeland security and emergency preparedness. The course will focus on issues such as the critical emergency management functions for private industry (resumption, recovery, restoration, continuity); the question of "how much security is enough"; and the central dilemma of private sector-public sector security and preparedness: the overwhelming majority of critical infrastructure is privately owned, yet it is the government's responsibility to prepare, protect and reconstitute it. Information sharing, communications and regulatory issues are examined. From http://www.pubapps.vcu.edu/vcucourses/?m=detail&s=HSEP&c=620

For information concerning enrolling in this course, contact Dr. John M. Aughenbaugh, Coordinator, VCU's Graduate Program in Homeland Security & Emergency Prepardedness at jmaughenbaug@vcu.edu

 

Online Course:  CPEM-C-01: Planning & Preparedness: Homeland Security and Emergency Management Planning and Preparedness Post 9-11 and Post Katrina (3 CEU Units)  (Summer 2008 and June 22 – July 20, 2009)

Course Description:  The course has been designed to increase overall awareness and understanding concerning the implications of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina and introduce those taking the course to a wide array of accompanying issues and concerns relevant to homeland security and emergency management in a post 9/11, post Katrina world.

After 9/11 and before Hurricane Katrina, the Department of Homeland Security appeared to be focusing primary attention on preventing and responding to possible attacks involving weapons of mass destruction. Since Hurricane Katrina, greatly increased attention has been placed on an all-hazards approach to prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery, and continuity of operations. DHS is now emphasizing an all-hazards approach to disaster preparedness and response.

For information concerning enrollment in this course, contact Lisa Powell at the Center for Governmental Services at (334) 844-1918 (powelli@auburn.edu) or access the website link: http://www.auburn.edu/outreach/cgs.

 

 

Online Course CPEM-C-03 Unmet Needs and Challenges: Some Key Challenges Facing Homeland Security and Emergency Management Post 9/11 and Post Katrina  (3 CEU Units) (Fall 2008 and scheduled for October 5 – November 2, 2009)

Course Description: The online course is one of several courses being offered as part of an emergency management certificate program through Auburn University's Center for Governmental Services. It is being offered in asynchronous time. The course is being taught by Dr. Paula D. Gordon and is designed to help develop a deeper understanding of some continuing challenges relating to homeland security and emergency management since 9/11 and since Hurricane Katrina. The course is designed to help expand the knowledge and capabilities of those currently in roles of public responsibility in homeland security and emergency, as well as those aspiring to such roles. The course will also be of interest to those teaching courses relating to these concerns.

The course has been designed to increase overall awareness and understanding concerning the implications of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. The course is designed to introduce those taking the course to a wide array of accompanying issues and concerns relevant to homeland security and emergency management in a post 9/11, post Katrina world.

For information concerning enrollment in this course, contact Lisa Powell at the Center for Governmental Services at (334) 844-1918 (powelli@auburn.edu) or access the website link: http://www.auburn.edu/outreach/cgs.

 

Graduate Level Online Course Concentration 1 (Spring 2009 and scheduled for August 24 – December 4, 2009.)

Course Description:  The Concentration Courses require that the student explore in depth the current literature, theory, management practices, and evolving issues associated with a particular area of professional application.  For instance, these may include governmental emergency management, business continuity, health care contingency planning, and voluntary agency disaster response.  Students are to engage in discussion with their fellow students during each of the Milestones of the courses.  In these exchanges they are to analyze theory and application from differing perspectives and compare and contrast selected common themes. The Concentration Courses are designed to be a total of 6 semester hours, taken as 3 semester hours over two semesters. 

For further information contact Wallace G. "Bo" Harris, Ph.D., SPHR, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator Emergency Services Management School of Continuing Studies University of Richmond, (804) 814-9448. 

 

Management and Organizational Behavior Part of Combined Course 761.731 (8/16/2008 - 10/25/2008)

Course Description: This course was a part of a combined course on Business Statistics/Management and Organizational Behavior for Cohort 11 of the Saturday MBA Program). In this part of the course, students examined organizational behavior, management, and leadership from diverse perspectives. The units of analysis and comparison included the individual, group, and organization, climate and culture, industry and society, and the global environment. All units were studied as contributing factors to the success of complex organizations. Experiential in design, the course drew on the organizational life of students and encourages practical application of the theories and ideas considered. High levels of participation were maintained through the use of videos, film excerpts, discussions, online resources, exercises, and exchanges and a team project.

For further information about the Saturday MBA Program, contact Lawrence Waudby, Jr. , Academic Advisor, Department of Management, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University at lwaudby@jhu.edu.

 

Organization Development and Systems Theory 782.636 Section 51 (10/28/2008 - 12/09/2008)

Course Description: This course provided an in-depth focus on the foundations of organization development, including the classical theories and models underlying the organization development field. Applied behavioral science theories were drawn from organizational behavior, sociology, psychology, and economics.

This course built upon the OD theory framework for working at the individual and group level, developed in 782.625 Self as Change Agent. This course provided an in-depth focus on foundations of organization development, socio-technical systems, and the latest thinking on organizations as complex systems. The impact of macro-level environmental factors on organizational positioning and success was explored. The course included the classical theories and models from the core literature in OD and affiliated fields such as organizational behavior, sociology, psychology, and economics that underpin the field of OD, and tracks their evolution into the more modern organization sciences, such as complexity and chaos theories.

For information concerning enrollment in courses in the Carey School Program in OD, contact Lawrence Waudby, Jr., Academic Advisor, Department of Management, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University at lwaudby@jhu.edu.


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