Policy devising measures in crisis management

Join Dr Isuru Koswatte for an online seminar - Policy devising measures in crisis management: A study of the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday 11th January from 1pm-2pm.

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This presentation will discuss policy devising measures under crisis management in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. A key argument in the study is that building policy for crisis requires the understanding of both governance capacity as well as legitimacy. Through the theoretical lens of crisis management and resilience building, the study explores the key literature on the topic to arrive at a conceptual framework which is further explored through mixed-method research. The study explores the phenomenon in the context of Sri Lanka and its mechanism to deal with the pandemic. 15 interviews were conducted, followed by a survey covering key sectors of tourism, information technology and education to understand the extent to which crisis management strategies were achieved in the policy procedures.

In this session, Isuru will identify some key themes: political capacity, stakeholder involvement, input capacity and throughput capacity in the overall governance system that requires further improvements, including the gender differences in accepting the policy decisions, which can be explored in future work for greater insight.

Dr Isuru Koswatte is a lecturer in Business and Management in the Division of Management, Organisations and People at the University of the West of Scotland. He is also an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at NSBM Green University in Sri Lanka. He specializes in organizational resilience, global value chains and business sustainability with active international collaborative research. He completed his PhD from the University of Manchester and is skilled in mixed method research, structure equation modelling and qualitative research. He was also part of The Nordic Research School of International Business which offers several doctoral courses in International Business at seven business schools in the Northern European countries, including Aalto University (Finland), BI Norwegian Business School (Norway), Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), Leeds University (UK), University of Gothenburg (Sweden), University of Manchester (UK), and Uppsala University (Sweden). Before UWS, he was the head of research at NSBM Green University in Sri Lanka. His teaching comprises a range of modules in the field of Business and Management including International Business, Strategic Management and Research Skills.