An action-oriented professional training

The Risk Governance and Organizational Resilience Project Manager (MS-G2RO) Advance Master programme offers a unique programme in France, designed to train experts capable of anticipating, managing, and transforming organizations in the face of risks and uncertainties.
It is based on a systemic vision of resilience, combining strategic analysis, tool mastery, crisis management, business continuity, project management and organizational approaches.

The training alternates between theoretical input, practical applications, real-world case studies, incident simulations, and individualized support.

General Structure of the Programme

  • 390 hours of training
  • 75 ECTS
  • 5 thematic modules
  • Projects and practical case studies
  • 6-month company internship
  • Professional Thesis

📘 A structure organized into 5 teaching modules

The programme is structured around five Major Teaching Modules (GP), complemented by a capstone project and a professional thesis in a company.

GP1 – Introduction & Common Language

Volume: 49 h – 5 ECTS

This first module allows learners to:

  • build a common knowledge base,
  • share an interdisciplinary vocabulary,
  • understand the global challenges of organizational resilience,
  • grasp the fundamentals of risk and uncertainty management.

Objectives

  • Provide an overview of the field of resilience
  • Understand the diversity of risks faced by organizations
  • Align frameworks, concepts, and methods for the remainder of the training

GP2 – Grasping the Challenging Context

Volume: 77 h – 8 ECTS

This module fosters in-depth reflection on the major transformations affecting organizations:

  • systemic and emerging risks,
  • organizational vulnerabilities,
  • geopolitical, climatic, social, health, digital challenges,
  • critical dependencies and supply chain disruptions.

Objectives

  • Identify and analyze factors of uncertainty
  • Understand organizations’ exposure to complex risks
  • Develop a strategic vision of the external environment

GP3 – Resilience Tools and Methods

Volume: 224 h – 22 ECTS

This module constitutes the operational core of the programme. It offers advanced mastery of tools enabling the anticipation, preparation, and management of organizational resilience.

Key Topics

  • Resilience Diagnosis
  • Risk and Vulnerability Analysis
  • Process and Interdependency Mapping
  • Business Continuity (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DRP)
  • Crisis Management and Leadership
  • Crisis Communication
  • Decision Support Tools
  • Organizational and Managerial Approaches
  • Cybersecurity & Digital Resilience
  • Systemic Analysis Methods

Objectives

  • Acquire operational tools for resilience
  • Know how to structure a complete approach (diagnosis → action plan → management)
  • Develop an intervention capability in complex contexts

GP4 – Case Studies & Illustrations (79 h – 8 ECTS)

Volume: 79 h – 8 ECTS

Learners work on cases derived from real or simulated situations:

  • health or environmental crises,
  • logistical disruptions,
  • cyberattacks,
  • industrial incidents,
  • geopolitical instabilities,
  • organizational failures.

Objectives

  • Apply concepts in realistic conditions
  • Develop analytical and decision-making reflexes
  • Learn to coordinate multiple stakeholders around a single event

GP5 – Tutoring & Capstone Project

Volume: 63 h – 2 ECTS

This module supports each learner in the progressive development of a capstone project, which prepares for the professional thesis.

Objectives

  • Develop a professional posture
  • Delve into a concrete issue
  • Structure a resilience approach in a real-world environment
  • Prepare for the professional placement

Project & Professional Thesis

Duration: 6 months – 30 ECTS

The professional thesis holds a central place in the training.
It involves addressing a real-world organizational issue related to:

  • resilience diagnostics,
  • BCP development,
  • analysis of emerging risks,
  • crisis preparation or management,
  • securing a supply chain,
  • organizational robustness.

Assessment

  • Writing a structured thesis
  • Defense before a jury composed of experts and faculty members

The thesis demonstrates the candidate’s ability to:

  • analyze a complex situation,
  • propose well-reasoned solutions,
  • apply learned tools,
  • implement a coherent strategic approach.

An active, action-oriented learning approach

  • Real-world case studies
  • Crisis simulations
  • Collaborative workshops
  • Professional experience sharing
  • Supervised capstone project
  • Applied professional thesis

The training is based on an inductive approach: learners learn by doing, by analyzing, and by building concrete solutions.

Contacts

Company and Student

Academic Director

Eric PIATYSZEK

Associate Professor
Phone number
+33 4 77 42 01 38