Communication crises
Subtitle: prevention, response, and recovery in the global arena
By: edited by Deborah E. Gibbons and Lawrence R. Jones.
Contributors: Gibbons, Deborah E.; Jones, L. R.
Series: Research in public management
Publisher: IAP, Information Age Pub. Inc.; Information Age Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Charlotte, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9781593116071; 9781593116088
Subjects: Emergency management; Emergency communication systems; Emergency management -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Fred Thompson; title: Preface / Deborah E. Gibbons; title: Against desperate peril: high performance in emergency preparation and response / Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt; title: Anticipating rude surprises: reflections on "crisis management" without end / Todd R. La Porte; title: Technological transformation of logistics in support of crisis management / Richard A. Braunbeck III and Michael F. Mastria; title: Improving disaster management through structured flexibility among frontline responders / Claudia Seifert; title: Asymmetric information processes in extreme events: the December 26, 2004 Sumatran earthquake and tsunami / Louise K. Comfort; title: Emergent institutionalism: the United Kingdom's response to the BSE epidemic / Chris Ansell and Jane Gingrich; title: Maximizing the impact of disaster response by nonprofit organizations and volunteers / Deborah E. Gibbons; title: How governments can help businesses weather a cataclysmic disaster / Roxanne Zolin and Fredric Kropp; title: Globalization and international communicable crises: a case study of SARs / Teri Jane Bryant, Ilan Vertinsky, and Carolyne Smart; title: Constraints on the U.S. response to the 9/11 attacks / Alasdair Roberts; title: Support for crisis management in Asia-Pacific: lessons from ADB in the past decade / Clay Wescott; title: Synthesizing perspectives on management of communicable crises / Deborah E. Gibbons; title: About the authors.