Recent international events have highlighted the need for disaster planning by leaders in all sorts of organizations, military and civilian included. This article exemplifies, from both academic and personal viewpoints, lessons.
Organizing for Disaster Lessons from the Military Case Study Solution
Organizations often form information flow to enhance in a crisis. Similarly, managers are advised to create temporary organizational structures with a common cognitive map to enhance sensemaking during troubled times for employees. Other lessons include the need to eliminate bureaucratic obstacles to action to enhance the rate of reaction when lives are at stake, and the establishment of a nuanced priority system for assessing possible courses of action. This post concludes by pointing out that appropriate organizational structures have to be considered prior to calamity in order for organizations to be efficient and powerful during the course of a mitigation effort.
PUBLICATION DATE: November 01, 2007 PRODUCT #: BH253-HCB-ENG
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