Crisis and Disaster Management Turbulence and Aftermath.
Material type: TextPublisher: Daryaganj : New Age International, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (109 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9788122424171Subject(s): Crisis management | Emergency managementGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crisis and Disaster Management Turbulence and AftermathDDC classification: 658.4 | 658.4056 LOC classification: HD49 -- .M85 2005ebOnline resources: Click to ViewCover -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Crisis, Chaos and Management -- 1.1 Definitions -- 1.2 Crisis Concept -- 1.3 Crisis Management -- 1.4 Crisis Management-Moot Points -- 1.5 Crisis Management and Planning -- 1.6 Man Made Crisis Cases -- Chapter 2 Sturcturing a Crisis Management Team -- 2.1 Turbulence and Crisis -- 2.2 Crisis Management Organizations -- 2.3 Crisis Management Teams -- 2.4 Management Organization Structures -- Chapter 3 Crisis Management-Preparedness and Prevention -- 3.1 Definitions -- 3.2 Crisis Management -- 3.3 Some Crisis Cases -- 3.4 Hazard Management -- Chapter 4 Natural Disasters and Their Management -- 4.1 Earth Quakes: Some Case Studies -- 4.2 An Analysis of Post-Disaster Management -- 4.3 Tsunamis -- 4.4 Cyclones, Hurricane, Typhoon and Tornado -- 4.5 Supercyclones in Tamil Nadu in 1977 and Orissa in 1999 -- 4.6 Floods -- Chapter 5 Political Crisis and Management -- 5.1 The Cuban Missile Crisis -- 5.2 Crisis Due to a Sex Scandal in UK -- 5.3 Falkland Islands Crisis -- 5.4 Crisis Due to Watergate Affairs -- Chapter 6 Industrial Crisis Management -- 6.1 Industrial Crises-Typical Cases -- 6.2 Crisis Due to Leakage of Gas from Union Carbide's Plant-Backdrop -- Chapter 7 Terrorism-A Global Crisis and Its Management -- 7.1 Crisis in Brief -- 7.2 Post- Crisis Management -- 7.3 Long Term Crisis Management-Annihilation of Terrorism -- 7.4 What Happened After Afghanistan War -- 7.5 Annihilation of Global Terrorism -- Chapter 8 Coping with the Trauma in the Post Crisis Period -- Chapter 9 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book will benefit not only practicing crisis managers and management trainers but also students and teachers who would like to have some first hand information on a man made or a natural crisis or a disaster and its management both as a prevention and cure during post occurrence period. The book can be used as a reference book, a handbook or even as a textbook for both beginners and also management students or trainees. A number of case studies particularly those pertaining to recent crisis and disasters have been presented which might help those interested in effective management of an impending crisis.
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