Learn About Crisis Management "Effective crisis management involving complex science and technology is wholly dependent on well-thought-out, and actively practiced, crisis response plans (Heineman, 2011)."

Crisis Management

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Crisis Management Definition

Crisis management is a series of functions or processes that help to identify, study and forecast crisis issues, and to derive specific means that would enable organisations to prevent or cope with a crisis. It involves the systematic attempt to prevent organisational crises and/or to manage any that occur (Pearson and Clair, 1998).

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  • Basadur, M. and Gelade, G.A. (2006) The Role of Knowledge Management in the Innovation Process. Creativity and Innovation Management, Vol. 15(1), pp. 45-62.
  • BIS (Department for Innovation and Business Skills) (2010) Crisis Management. [Online] Available at: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/sectors/infosec/infosecadvice/incidentmanagement/crisismanagement/page33391.html
  • Boin, A. and McConnell, A. (2007) Preparing for Critical Infrastructure Breakdowns: The Limits of Crisis Management and the Need for Resilience. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Vol. 15(1), pp. 50-59.
  • Chopra, S. and Sodhi, M. (2004) Managing Risk to Avoid Supply-Chain Breakdown. MIT Sloan Management Review, Vol. 46(2), pp. 53-61.

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