Principles Of Security Practice And Management

1. Describe security and its types.
2. Explain violence and violent crimes.
3. Analyze the theory of crime control.
4. Describe the intelligence cycle.
5. Demonstrate the relevance of public relations in security business.
6. Analyze the growing security threat that asymmetric aggression constitutes.
7. Evaluate the methods that can be adopted to counter guerilla threat.
8. Examine the relevance of fortification and manoeuvre tactics in security management.

13 weeks, about 37.5 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Introduction

   • Unit 1: Meaning of Security · 1.5 hours

     Read the unit introduction and objectives.. Define security and differentiate between traditional and non-traditional security concepts.. Discuss the role of the state in security management.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

2. Week 2Module 1: Introduction

   • Unit 2: Discourse on Violence & Violent Crime · 1.5 hours

     Define violence and discuss its characteristics.. Examine the discourse on the justification of violence.. Explain different forms of violent crimes.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

   • Unit 3: Domestic Violence · 1.5 hours

     Define domestic violence and its various forms.. Describe the cycle of domestic violence.. Explain the sources of domestic violence.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

3. Week 3Module 1: Introduction

   • Unit 4: Theories of Violence · 3 hours

     Identify and explain the Malthusian theory of violence.. Discuss the Youth Bulge theory.. Examine historical theories of violence.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

4. Week 4Module 1: Introduction

   • Unit 5: Theory of Crime Control · 3 hours

     Explain Marxist theory of crime control.. Discuss environmentalist theory of crime control.. Describe the realist theory of crime control.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

5. Week 5Module 2: Intelligence and Security Management

   • Unit 6: Approaches to Security Management · 3 hours

     Explain the major theoretical approaches to security management including Idealism, Realism, Pluralism, Marxism, Social Constructivism, and Human Security.. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

6. Week 6Module 2: Intelligence and Security Management

   • Unit 7: Meaning of Intelligence · 1.5 hours

     Define intelligence and differentiate it from information.. Discuss the dimensions of intelligence: process, structure, and product.. Explain the categories of intelligence: security, criminal, home security, foreign, strategic, tactical, and counter-intelligence.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

   • Unit 8: Intelligence Collection and Disciplines · 1.5 hours

     Define intelligence collection and its importance.. Identify and explain the disciplines of intelligence collection: SIGNIT, IMINT, MASINT, HUMINT, and OSINT.. Discuss various means of intelligence collection: espionage, black bag operations, interrogation, number stations, steganography, cryptography, concealment devices, eavesdropping, surveillance.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

7. Week 7Module 2: Intelligence and Security Management

   • Unit 9: Intelligence Analysis and Evaluation · 1.5 hours

     Define intelligence analysis and its role in producing intelligence products.. Explain the pillars of intelligence analysis: boldness and honesty, goal setting, appreciating consumer's view, organizing information, and team playing.. Discuss the steps in intelligence analysis: problem definition, developing hypotheses, data collection, evaluation, testing hypotheses, production and packaging, peer review, and customer feedback.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

   • Unit 10: Counter-Intelligence and Intelligence Security Management · 1.5 hours

     Define counter-intelligence and its importance in protecting national security.. Explain the aspects of counter-intelligence: defensive, offensive, protection of intelligence services, and force protection source operations.. Discuss protective disciplines for counter-intelligence: physical security, personnel security, operations security, and communication security.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

8. Week 8Module 3: Security Personnel and Public Relations

   • Unit 11: Security Personnel Management I · 3 hours

     Define security personnel management.. Explain the principles of personnel management: job design, staffing, training and staff development, and performance appraisal.. Discuss the stages of job design: job analysis, job description, and job specification.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

9. Week 9Module 3: Security Personnel and Public Relations

   • Unit 12: Security Personnel Management II · 3 hours

     Explain the principles of personnel management: compensation and reward, job satisfaction, leadership, and communication.. Discuss the elements of compensation and rewards: salary, wage, incentives, benefits, and insurance.. Describe the models of job satisfaction: need fulfillment, discrepancies, equity, trait/genetic components, and value attainment.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

10. Week 10Module 3: Security Personnel and Public Relations

    • Unit 13: Management of Job Stress Among Security Personnel · 3 hours

      Define job stress and differentiate it from challenges at work.. Discuss the causes of job stress among security personnel: poor working conditions, shift work, long hours, risk and danger, new technology, work overload, work under load, role ambiguity, role conflict, responsibility, relationships, and career development.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

11. Week 11Module 3: Security Personnel and Public Relations

    • Unit 14: Trauma Management in Security Career: REBT · 1.5 hours

      Describe the relationship between trauma and security personnel.. List various causes of trauma: war, accidents, abuse, loss, etc.. Explain the emotional effects of trauma: shock, fear, anger, sadness, shame, need, and guilt.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

    • Unit 15: Public Relations Management in Security Sector · 1.5 hours

      Define public relations and its role in the security sector.. Explain the relationship between the security sector and public relations.. Discuss various approaches to public relations management in the security sector: audience targeting, use of lobby groups, spin, talk show circuit, direct communication, community development activities, books, and informal communication channels.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

12. Week 12Module 4: Strategic Planning and Tactics

    • Unit 16: Operational Management & Capacity Planning in Sec. Sector · 3 hours

      Define operations management and its importance in the security sector.. Explain the principles of operational management: planning, risk management, operational personnel, threat and risk assessment, incident management, vulnerability assessment, patch management, and division of responsibilities.. Describe capacity planning in the security sector and its goals.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

13. Week 13Module 4: Strategic Planning and Tactics

    • Unit 17: Issue of Asymmetric Aggression in Strategic Planning · 1.5 hours

      Describe the meaning of asymmetric aggression and its growing threat.. Explain the features of asymmetric aggression: self-defense, technological advantage, use of terrain, training and tactics, guerrilla tactics, and laws of war.. Discuss the impact of asymmetric aggression on strategic planning.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..

    • Unit 18: Guerilla & Tactical Measures to Counter-Guerilla · 1.5 hours

      Explain the meaning of guerrilla warfare and its tactics.. Discuss the tactics and strategy of guerrilla warfare: intelligence, ambush, deception, sabotage, and espionage.. Describe the features of guerrilla warfare: operations, application of terror, surprise and intelligence, population support, withdrawal, logistics, terrain, foreign support, and combat intensity.. Complete the self-assessment exercise..