Gibbons / E. Communicable Crises

Prevention, Response, and Recovery in the Global Arena
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-60752-807-4
Verlag: Information Age Publishing
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 397 Seiten

Reihe: Research in Public Management

This volume makes a significant contribution to the crisis management literature. It also adds to our inchoate understanding of network governance: temporary teams and task forces, communities of practice, alliances, and virtual organizations. It hints that the distinction between networks and organizations may be somewhat spurious, a matter of degree rather than kind. Indeed, it seems that this distinction may derive more from mental models in which we consistently reify organizations than anything else. Finally, the volume emphasizes the functional importance of leadership in network governance and puzzles over its provision in the absence of hierarchy. As such, it adds to the contributions made by Marc Granovetter (1973), John Seeley Brown and Paul Duguid (1991), Bart Nooteboom (2000), Paul J. DiMaggio (2001), John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt (2001), Laurence O’Toole and Ken Meier (2004), and others, as well as Nancy Roberts’ seminal work on wicked problems and hastily formed teams. The result is a product the editor and the contributors can be proud of. Overall, it is one that will edify, surprise, and delight its readers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gibbons, Deborah E.

Gibbons,

E., Deborah

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Contents;5
3;Foreword;7
4;Preface;11
5;1. Against Desperate Peril: High Performance inEmergency Preparation and Response;13
6;2. Anticipating Rude Surprises: Reflections on?Crisis ManagementŽ Without End;39
7;3. Technological Transformation of Logistics inSupport of Crisis Management;59
8;4. Improving Disaster Management Through StructuredFlexibility Among Frontline Responders;95
9;5. Asymmetric Information Processes in Extreme Events:The December 26, 2004 Sumatran Earthquake and Tsunami;149
10;6. Emergent Institutionalism: The United Kingdom’s Response tothe BSE Epidemic;181
11;7. Maximizing the Impact of Disaster Response byNonprofit Organizations and Volunteers;215
12;8. How Governments Can Help Businesses Weather aCataclysmic Disaster;253
13;9. Globalization and International Communicable Crises:A Case Study of SARS;277
14;10. Constraints on the U.S. Response to the 9/11 Attacks;312
15;11. Support for Crisis Management in Asia-Pacific: Lessons FromADB in the Past Decade;334
16;12. Synthesizing Perspectives on Management ofCommunicable Crises;365
17;About the Authors;387