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crisis management strategies behind

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the King's horses and All the King's Men
Unable to put Humpty Dumpty together again

In the last week I attended a conference Leaders of the desire to take their business to the next level. The second day I met a leader who lives in Pensacola, Florida, and we started the oil spill and its impact in the region to discuss. As head of shared personal photos of stranded oil, how many you do, we started to strategies to clean the oil to be discussed and especially the long-term impact on the Gulf Coast, the fishing industry, tourism, wildlife and the potential long-term in these disasters.

And yes, we discuss policy the question - in that this is not an "us against them" political spin because it's a "we" should be issued. We are all concerned (or will be) affected by this disaster ... and perhaps for generations to come. In our discussion, I began to wonder how many businesses go into any kind of depth in building a disaster recovery / crisis management strategy at the organizational level and on a project by project level?

You're probably wondering what disaster recovery / crisis management do with Humpty Dumpty. She thinks that Humpty Dumpty's great project ... this great idea ... the general solution that will boost your business so far from others in your industry that they need to try for years only to spend the rest of your climb. Or the idea that such a global impact, everything will be better, since the implementation of this idea! Or that new products / services that increase your market value 200%.

This is Humpty Dumpty sat on the walls - setting the standard for the extraordinary size! Then something happened inside or outside your control in the fall, Humpty Dumpty and the effect this fall impacts others in a large way.

The question is - did you gather the best of the best (All the King's horses and all the King's Men) to discuss Humpty Dumpty fall before it (strategic) fell or fall because of his (tactical)? Very few business leaders conduct a detailed program for crisis management and risk management of disaster recovery with the different projects / products / services they want to introduce in the Connected market. Of course, there are many reasons for such actions, but tells the story, the current lack of a disaster recovery / crisis management plan has the force of negative long-term effects on your business and the global economy for generations to come.

The Managers need crisis plan, which means that all hazardous events threatening injuries, deaths and financial difficulties, be detrimental to low or your business could close. However, if you apply certain skills, you can better equip your organization to overcome a crisis.

The current crises and disasters, including events that many thought impossible once. These disasters, including terrorist attacks, Natural disasters, large enough to conclude a large city and / or industry, cyber-attacks and corporate fraud. Companies today must have a mindset to be ready when - not if - the strike of a crisis. Crises are more frequent now, they are party to business. No industry or organization is safe, but you can save your organization the most serious consequences of changed radically since it plans and manages the crisis.

Global risk management through the steps necessary for planning and proactive investment. First, prevent and mitigate a disaster occurs before any risk of damage. Next, prepare a robust response. Third, the construction of infrastructure recovery. Fourth, provide an adequate response by the damage Supported at the event - remember, the responsibility crisis for your organization to the. The fifth stage, the proper use requires rebuilding infrastructure to providing welfare to the public. The last stage, teachers adapt other strategies, has joined on this, what makes your company must do to avoid this again?

Below you will find strategies and find Napola After the fall of your organization, you can implement strategies to ensure a position of Humpty Dumpty together again.

Strategies for disaster recovery / crisis management before the fall

First prediction Risk - The field requires accurate forecasting techniques

2. Risk information communication - Most people think that low-probability disasters, not affected. Extending the time horizon for disasters will help your employees better understand how they might be harmed. For the owner of a production plant with a lifespan of 25 years to understand their flood risk show them that indicate that the chance to go on a "one-in-100 year flood cons" during these 25 years is more than "five-in-one, like. Present the opportunity, as a "one-in-100 chance" in one year is not as mandatory

3 -. Economic Cash incentives may motivate people to protect themselves against disasters, such as cutting insurance premiums in Mississippi to buy protection against flooding.

. 4 Public-private partnership - for disasters and private organizations of public should unite in advance for mutual defense strategies and plans to create.

resilience and Sustainability fifth - Companies must decide whether they will continue to function after a sudden catastrophe. This question applies also to the nations, especially developing countries accused of "structures of poor quality, poor land use, inadequate response emergency, "and so on

Mitroff (2005) recommends that Company will perform the following steps to turn the wheel to practice their crisis management team / project before the publication of a new product or service: Support physical training because it is a big wheel until there is a flexible needle, then slows stops the wheel rotates hits. Once stops on the crisis that might occur and what measures should be present at such a crisis to take and / or what action, comes to a to prevent such a crisis. This tool should be part of every manager toolkit project success. Each segment of the wheel lists an important area in which crises occur:

1. Economic - The crisis on the economy
2. Informative - information is lost by Burglary or error the computer (for example, Y2K, the millennium bug)
3. Physics - A crisis influence on buildings, equipment or products
4. Human Resources - labor issues, fraud or criminal acts to create a crisis
5. Reputational risks - rumors and slander violate your organization
6. Psychopathic actions - violence, product tampering or criminal conduct strike
7. Disasters Natural - hurricanes, fires, floods or landslides racial crisis

To ensure that your organization has all its bases, combining elements (for example, combine # 4 and # 7), which provides must be in place to ensure the rapid and maximum) are?

Strategies Disaster Recovery Crisis Management / After the fall

decisions are risks and probabilities of advantages over losses, creating a precise statistical analysis and consideration of alternative measures. Follow these principles for the collection, evaluation and management risk of extreme events:

1. Estimate estimate the importance of crises - Though such calculations are completed uncertainty, companies need good information to the risk of

2. Recognize the interdependencies within the context of the crisis - Each risk is also connected to the outside. These dependencies create dynamic and related uncertainties in developing transfer may depend on events. Keep your risk forecasts updated
3. Understanding human behavior in the development strategies for crisis management - people need to recognize their prejudices to mitigate these effects is possible. For example, the store Guides Coping disaster possible by a persistent form of denial called not in my office (NIMTOF)
4. Recognize the long-term impact of crisis / disaster - a disaster can create lasting change
5. Identify cross-border risks by developing strategies World - When disaster strikes, national borders are irrelevant. The 2004 tsunami killed people in 11 countries
6. Overcoming inequalities in the distribution and impact of disasters-Be prepared to have others in
7. Building leadership to prevent and disaster, before it is needed - planning and disaster preparedness is much better than waiting for situations Emergency strike

hide your post-crisis Society is back on, Barton (2007) recommends the following pillars Continuity of activities:

1. When disaster strikes, you may not have communication with victims
2. Be 24 / 7 contact with shareholders, employees, customers, contractors and suppliers
3. Get your offsite recovery and neck and short as soon as possible
4. Ensure staff receive salaries and benefits. Enter the authority to pay the team "Arrangements, hotel rooms and advice" as needed
5. Document everything, including damages. Connect your insurer as soon as possible
6. One and only one speaker is communicating. Employees should refer all questions, the speakers. Avoid policy violations. rumor control
7. Determine psychological consultants and they affect everyone
8. Updated players three times a day for all activities and progress
9. Stay on all suppliers. Make sure they are helping with recovery time
10. Make sure that the disaster is over before to declare that fact. Consider "test scenario" to ensure that any new, as they should. Plan a multilevel Back normal
11. Assess the impact event. Making responsibility. everyone who deserves reward

Well, which "is again putting all the pieces together." - We live in an age where there is more information at our disposal to wait in one day than our predecessors for years If your organization has been experienced difficulties finding solutions to a crisis, if Please do not hesitate, the greatest minds (inside and outside your company and industry to come) with the solution.

As an organization include your tasks, many Humpty Dumpty, accompanied by creativity and innovation. And are active at the same time planning and crisis management / risk management / disaster recovery strategy instead of just in case he falls - Proactive in your planning, you and your organization to survive unforeseen disasters and crises. Wisdom would say that your best ideas come from creative and innovative how the crisis and what you have learned through the solution of the problem that caused the crisis / disaster.

When talking with the director of the past week, I announced that my solution to the oil spill crisis, should the best minds of all the oil companies' colleges and universities, government and the general public - they put in a room - and they develop a solution to this crisis and to develop a procedure standard for crises of this kind do not recur. This is how we can put "all the pieces together" and make Humpty Dumpty stronger and better than it was before!

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