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Dr. Osama F Al Kurdi, PhD, CEM

Academic Faculty | Certified Emergency Manager | Blogger | Speaker

This space is designed to showcase my work as an academic lecturer and emergency manager and to house my recent writing and media videos

Meet Dr. Osama

With an integrated focus on emergency, disaster management and teaching, I have extensive 23 years experience as well as comprehensive experience in education. 

I am deeply dedicated to the field of emergency and disaster management, with a passion for teaching in higher education, where I use my industrial expertise and the leadership and interpersonal skills I have developed in the industry

 

PORTFOLIO

Emergency Management

Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, Emergency Response Plans, Incident Command System (ICS), Emergency Operation Center, Exercise Design and Evaluation

Business Continuity

Policy and Governance, Program Development, Risk Management, Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Exercise Design and Evaluation Business Continuity Plans

Crisis Management

Policy and Governance, Program Development, Crisis Management Plans, National Emergency Operation Center

Higher Education & Training

Academic and Teaching Faculty, Multi Discipline Course Development, Professional Training Content Development and Delivery

Teaching and Research

Courses Taught 

  • Emergency / Disaster Management Foundation
  • Business Continuity Management Foundation
  • Technology for Emergency Managers
  • Comparative Emergency and Disaster Management 
  • Community Disaster Management 
  • Principals of  Management
  • Applied Project Management 
  • Organizational Behavior 
  • Business Technologies 
  • IT for Business 
  • Introduction to Human Resource Management

Research Interest & Publications

  • Emergency / Disaster Management
  • Business Continuity Management 
  • Crisis Information Management System  
  • Knowledge Management 
  • Organizational and business Management 
  • Higher Education 
  • Teaching and Learning