Description
Offering a strategic orientation to crisis management, this fully updated edition of Crisis Management: Leading in the New Strategy Landscape, Second Edition by William "Rick" Crandall, John A. Parnell, and John E. Spillan helps readers understand the importance of planning for crises within the wider framework of an organization's regular strategic management process. This strikingly engaging and easy-to-follow text focuses on a four-stage crisis management framework: 1) Landscape Survey: identifying potential crisis vulnerabilities, 2) Strategic Planning: organizing the crisis management team and writing the plan, 3) Crisis Management: addressing the crisis when it occurs, and 4) Organizational Learning: applying lessons from crises so they will be prevented or mitigated in the future.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. A Framework for Crisis Management
2. The Crisis Management Landscape
3. Sources of Organizational Crises
4. A Strategic Approach to Crisis Management
5. Forming the Crisis Management Team and Writing the Plan
6. Organizational Strategy and Crises
7. Crisis Management: Taking Action When Disaster Hits
8. Crisis Communication
9. The Importance of Organizational Learning
10. The Underlying Role of Ethics in Crisis Management
11. Emerging Trends in Crisis Management
Appendix. Sample Outline of Items to Include in the Crisis Management Plan
Index
About the Authors
