Abstract:

To present effective procedures for preparing and conducting staff exercises with students in the field of National Security. Staff exercises conducted with students in the field of National Security are a form of exercises aimed at preparing participants to react optimally in non-military crisis situations. They are usually conducted with crisis management teams and with commands and staffs managing rescue or preventive activities.

In the taxonomy of educational goals, staff exercises are included in the group (D), which allows students to acquire practical skills of formulating and solving problems, analyzing and synthesizing phenomena that are new to students, formulating action plans, creating original solutions and evaluating them according to various criteria. As a result, they are (should be) conducted at the final stage of second-cycle studies.

Ensuring the possibility (conditions) for students of the National Security course to acquire skills and habits in managing non-military crisis situations requires, inter alia, precise procedures for preparing (developing) and conducting staff exercises for them.