Enseñando la gestión del riesgo de desastres: lecciones de Rotman School of Management

This article describes how disaster risk management topics are taught at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and thus highlights opportunities for developing similar course modules on disaster risk management at other institutions. An undergraduate and MBA elective course, titled Catastrophic Failure in Organizations, contains four modules that are directly relevant to disaster risk management. The first module focuses on the need to move from risk indifference to risk sensitivity. The second module considers the importance of business continuity and crisis management plans and explores their common shortcomings. The third module uses a case study to examine the topic of prospective risk management. The fourth module focuses on the vulnerability of supply chains and other complex systems to disaster risk. The article describes the details of implementing these modules and discusses opportunities for further integration of disaster risk management topics in other parts of the curriculumEste artículo describe cómo se enseñan los temas de la gestión del riesgo de desastres en la escuela de administración, Rotman School of Management, de University of Toronto y, de esta manera, resalta las oportunidades para desarrollar módulos de cursos de gestión de riesgo de desastres similares. Un curso de pregrado y uno electivo de MBA, llamado Falla Catastrófica en las Organizaciones, contiene cuatro módulos que son directamente relevantes para la gestión del riesgo de desastres. El primer módulo se enfoca en la necesidad de pasar de la indiferencia a la sensibilidad al riesgo. El segundo módulo toma en cuenta la importancia de la continuidad de negocio y los planes de gestión de crisis y explora las deficiencias que tienen en común. El tercer módulo utiliza un estudio de caso para examinar el tema de la gestión prospectiva del riesgo. El cuarto módulo se enfoca en la vulnerabilidad de las cadenas de suministro y otros sistemas complejos del riesgo de desastres. El artículo describe los detalles de la implementación de estos módulos y discute las oportunidades para una integración más profunda de los temas de gestión de riesgo de desastres en otras partes del currícul

Why the cocks trade: what a transnational art market can reveal about cross-border relations

In the streets of Santo Domingo, Haitian and Dominican paintings are sold side-by-side, usually by Haitian dealers attracted to their neighbour’s much larger tourist market. They are easy to tell apart, for the Haitian paintings generally conform to the naïf style, whereas the Dominican paintings feature rural scenes or Taïno designs. The cultural differences in the designs of the paintings, and their appeal to foreign tourists rather than Dominicans, lend support to decades of scholarship describing Dominican–Haitian relations as being built upon nationalism and notions of racial difference, as well as the ‘exotic’ appeal that the Caribbean holds for tourists. However, this scholarship falls short of providing a holistic account of Dominican–Haitian relations because it sidelines the crucially important role of trade – historically and contemporaneously – in structuring them. In this article, I reinterpret the history and contemporary nature of art markets in Hispaniola to argue that market relations should be considered alongside symbolic representations when assessing transnational identity politics

The Rice Thresher

A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with advertising

The Rice Thresher

A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with advertising

The Rice Thresher

A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with advertising

The Rice Thresher

A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with advertising

The Rice Thresher

A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with advertising

IN DOG WE TRUST: THE RELATION BETWEEN PET OWNERSHIP AND INTERPERSONAL TRUST

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A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with advertising