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Holmgren, Fredrik, and Karl-Rikard Johansson. "Crisis Management : The nature of managing crises." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-27208.
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Purpose - The purpose of this thesis is to provide recommendations for commercial organizations when managing crises. By examining the ongoing operations of health care organizations the thesis will investigate the application of a similar structure toward commercial organizations. Background - In the globalized a fast paced reality we operate in it is essential for organizations to be prepared for the unthinkable. This have been illustrated not only in reality, but also empathized by a vast amount of researchers. A survey made by Steelhenge, an international consultancy, argues that organizations are not sufficiently prepared for crises. Researchers have also notified this lack of crisis preparedness within organizations. We argue that being crisis prepared is an essential factor and responsibility for commercial organizations in modern society. Method - In order to answer the research questions we have used a qualitative research method. The qualitative research method is further linked to the descripto-exploratory purpose, abductive reasoning and directed content analysis that provide a mixture of concept and data driven categories. We have conducted semi-structured, one-on-one interviews within health care organizations and commercial organizations. The respondents were chosen by a purposive and self-selecting sampling method. Conclusion - The empirical study suggests that there are learning’s to be considered for commercial organizations by applying health care organizations operational structure. What can be concluded is that health care organizations rely on coordination between individuals or teams to solve multi-functional issues. Commercial organizations would implement CMT’s to use a similar structure with all the essential factors for efficient coordination.
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Bonilla, Heraclio, Luis Peñaloza, and Sofía Valencia. "¿La crisis de qué crisis?" Economía, 2012. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/117416.
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Imai, Thiago Hiromu. "Gestão de crises operacionais em setores regulamentados." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-16112015-170132/.
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O objetivo desta dissertação é compreender a ocorrência de alteração de orientação da operação pós crise operacional (de reativa a proativa). A literatura trata as crises apenas como financeiras ou de relações públicas e não recorre ao termo \"crise operacional\". Por outro lado, junta inapropriadamente as crises operacionais e os desastres envolvendo perda de vidas humanas. Tampouco mostra o lado operacional da solução das crises. Crise operacional foi aqui definida como uma condição abrupta de baixa probabilidade que emerge inesperadamente da deterioração do desempenho operacional (qualidade, rapidez, confiabilidade, flexibilidade ou custo) e conduz a grande impacto negativo ou até a paralisação das principais operações da organização, sem a perda de vidas humanas. A crise operacional pode ser causada por pessoas, sistemas tecnológicos, políticas ou condições econômicas em condição de grande ambiguidade. Ela nasce ao final de dois processos paralelos e acumulativos de imperfeições organizacionais e descontrole gerencial, e requer decisões rápidas. Para analisar as crises operacionais, elaborou-se um novo modelo teórico integrado em fases: \"processo de uma crise\", \"resolução da crise\" e \"aprendizado pós-crise\", assim como um \"evento detonador\" da crise. Como objeto de estudo, escolheu-se examinar duas crises de setores regulamentados devido a evidencia do evento detonador da crise: a interrupção da comercialização de serviços pela agência reguladora e consequente início da resolução da crise. Como metodologia, adotou-se o estudo de casos múltiplo nos setores de aviação e de telefonia móvel. O instrumento de coleta para ambos os casos são entrevistas qualitativas, sendo a análise baseada no confronto dos dados obtidos com o modelo segundo a abordagem Extended Case Method. Sugere-se em ambos os casos que o descontrole sobre os processos operacionais e indicadores de back-office levaram à paralisação das companhias. Observa-se que após a crise, novos processos com medidas preventivas foram adotados, o que indicaria a mudança de orientação das organizações. Claramente, essa mudança para a orientação preventiva requer aprendizagem organizacional e sua incorporação ao repertório operacional mediante inovação em métodos, sistemas e processos operacionais, assim como a formação de funcionários treinados e a criação de departamentos anti-crises.The main goal of this research is the understanding of the post operational crisis\' orientations\' change (from reactive to proactive). The literature consider crises just as financial or public relations and does not call upon the term \"operational crisis\". Furthermore, operational crisis and disasters with loss of human lives are inappropriately treated jointly. In the same way, operational side of crisis solution are not explored too. Operational crisis were defined here as an abrupt condition of low probability occurrence that emerges unexpectedly by the deterioration of one or more performance indicators (quality, speed, reliability, flexibility and cost) and leads to a large negative impact or even the paralysis of major operations without human lives\' loss. Operational crisis emerges at the end of a maturation process originated from two parallel processes of cumulative organizational imperfections and lack of managerial control\'s joint. May be caused by people, technological systems, policies or economics\' conditions in a great ambiguity condition which requires quick decisions To analyze operational crises, a new theoretical model was created, integrating the phases: \"crisis\' process,\" \"crisis\' resolution\" and \"post-crisis\' learning\", as well a crisis\' \"trigger event\". Two operational crises from regulated sectors has been chosen as object study due to crisis\' trigger event evidence: the new sales forbidden by the regulatory agency and the consequent crisis resolution process beginning. The methodology adopted was the multiple case study in the aviation and mobile sectors. The collection instrument for both cases were qualitative interviews and the analysis based on the data obtained and theoretical model\'s comparison in an approach called Extended Case Method. It has been suggested in both cases that the operational processes\' lack of control and back-office\'s indicators\' disregard led to the companies\' standstill. After crisis, new operational processes with preventive measures were adopted, which would indicate a change in organizations\' orientation. Clearly, this shift to a preventive approach requires organizational learning and its incorporation into the operational repertoire through methods, operational systems and processes\' innovation, as well as, trained human resources and anti-crisis department creation.
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Lobo, Francisco Sousa. "Crisis of meaning, crisis of form." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2016. http://research.gold.ac.uk/19694/.
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The purpose of my research is to investigate the relationship between crisis of meaning and crisis of form in art production, fruition and critique. This investigation is grounded on notions present in historic and contemporary nihilism, materialism and existentialism that state that a crisis inevitably occurs, through enlightenment, in the relationship between self-image and realist and scientific principles. I want to extract the word crisis from vagueness and pathology, and argue that it can serve to describe a hidden trinity at the centre of art – there is a crisis of meaning, a crisis of form, and a crisis in the relation between meaning and form, each time a new work is set forth. My understanding of nihilism attempts an extraction from ethics, and puts nihilism against previous roles given to it. The philosophical approach present in nihilism has been used either as a byword for the enemy of reason, or as a dark background against which affirmation (Nietzsche), creative evolution (Bergson), or existentialism (Sartre) can shine. It is my purpose to explore the notion of crisis of meaning as the essence of nihilism (Ray Brassier), and overview its active ramifications in art. The field of form can be seen as immanently enacting a split between project and world (Bataille) – a split that runs parallel to crisis of meaning in philosophy. It is central to my research to investigate the locus of this crisis, in its relation to contextual crises, be it personal (psychosis), political (revolution), social, and crisis in the very set of criteria brought about in each instance of art. The written element will consist of twelve short chapters with as many incursions into particular instances where the notion of crisis of meaning is set to bring new clarity to pre-existing fields, from critical terrains to specific media and art history. The practical element will deal with notions of crisis of meaning and form, as well as with personal crisis, and will take the form of narratives about extreme states of being and the ends of narrative (comic books).
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Stahl, Geoff. "Crisis? what crisis? : Anglophone musicmaking in Montreal." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=19483.
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The relationship of musicmaking to the city is a complicated one as it often takes very specific and complex spatial and social forms. The example of Montreal can be used to illustrate some of the ways in which these forms manifest themselves. By considering the way in which two particular cultural spaces, namely scene and bohemia, emerge in relation to musical activity, this project analyzes the nature of musicmaking and its role in shaping a unique experience of the city. It frames a case study of Montreal musicmaking to explore the ways in which scenes and bohemias are connected to city life. It also considers the way in which a particular image of the city manifests itself through musicmaking. The collective representation of Montreal as a bohemia by anglophone musicmakers works with and through a number of social divisions and cultural distinctions. It is argued that the nature of place-images and mythology in musicmaking is such that they have a profound effect on the sociomusical experience of the city. Montreal is privileged by many anglophone musicmakers as an ideal city in which to be culturally active, as the city's weak economic state is perceived to foster the conditions best suited to a flourishing bohemia. This project examines the relationship of musicmakers to Montreal, using a variety of research methods and theories. Cognitive mapping, diaristic accounts and interviews are utilized to better apprehend how a chosen image of Montreal affects musical practice. The socioeconomic history of Montreal in the latter half of the twentieth century is used to frame an analysis of the emergence of an independent music scene in the city. By exploring a number of relevant factors, this project documents the ways in which musicmaking is structured in relation to the economic, political and social dimensions of Montreal.
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Chocano, Zaraus Lourdes. "La crisis ambiental es una crisis social." Canalé, 2012. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113960.
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Humanson, Richard, and Patrik Nordeman. "Proactive Crisis Management (PCM) : Perceptions of crisis-awareness and crisis-readiness in organizations in relation with their actual strategic initiatives against industrial crises caused by human errors." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för industriell ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-15519.
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Abstract Purpose: In a competitive and constituently changing global business environment, it is almost impossible for organizations to avoid crises of various types and magnitude. The objective of this study is to display relationships between perception of crisis awareness, crisis readiness and the organizations` actual crisis management initiatives against major industrial crises. This thesis also aims to clarify if the perception of crisis-awareness and crisis-readiness could be affected by other factors that should be in considerations, which in turn could affect the outcomes of crisis-management initiatives and actions in industrial organizations. Methodology: By way of introduction, the problem, which is related to the industrial crises and proactive crisis-management and which also refers to the core topic of the study was formulated and discussed. Research questions about “How the employee’s perception of crisis- awareness and crisis-readiness affects the outcomes of an organization's crisis-management initiatives?” and “How top managements could affect the employee’s perception of crisis- awareness and crisis-readiness positively toward PCM in their organization?” were identified. The covering and important data was collected through scientific literatures and articles and was presented in the theory part. Collected data and empirical findings from the world’s two largest automaker namely, Volkswagen and Toyota, whom has been involved in scandals and crises related to core research of this paper. Empirical findings has been analyzed and finally the answer to the research questions were proposed. Findings: The result of the research indicates that the perception of crisis awareness and crisis readiness in organization have a direct impact on the organizations crisis management initiatives and activities and also there are elements like Corporate Culture, Personnel Education in Crisis Management and Corporate Communication and also other factors, which would affect the perceptions in organizations. Implication: The study suggest that by effective use of elements presented here, organizations could influence employees crisis awareness and crisis readiness positively, thus strengthening the organizations crisis management capacities.
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Hussmann, Lena, and Jonna Schippert. "Do Leaders Prioritise Crisis Preparedness? : A study of how leaders can affect the level of crisis preparedness in SMEs." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43995.
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Background: Crisis and crisis management is a research topic that since the 1980s has gotten increasing amounts of attention in research. A crisis refers to an event that may have severe effects on an organisation's survival, making it important to know how to prepare for them. Interest in research about crisis preparedness has been growing. However, literature tends to focus on crisis preparedness in an MNE (Multinational Enterprises) context, thus, leaving out SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises). Nonetheless, SMEs are a large and crucial part of the economy that may equally, if not more, be affected by crises. In SMEs, the leader has a significant impact on the strategic decisions in the business, making them a crucial part of the crisis preparedness process and an important aspect to study. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore what factors could influence the way a leader prioritises to work with crisis preparedness in SMEs. Further, this research aims to understand how those priorities affect the level of crisis preparedness in SMEs. Method: This study was conducted as a qualitative exploratory research in the form of a cross-sectional multiple case study. The data was collected through twelve semi-structured in-depth interviews, where all the participants were active as leaders in SMEs. The data collected in the interviews was subsequently analysed through a thematic analysis approach. Conclusion: It was found that besides the previously found external factors of SMEs, crisis preparedness is also influenced by the leader’s attitude about crisis preparedness. This attitude, in turn, is primarily formed through the leader’s understanding of crises and their personality. It was further found that the type of industry could be a factor in crisis preparedness due to for example, differing amounts of rules and regulations. In conclusion, the thesis was able to connect much of what has been found in previous research while adding a focus on the leader and their attitude about crisis preparedness.
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Hsu, Yi-Shan. "Corporate social responsibility and crisis communication Nike Taiwan Jordan crisis vs. Paolyta Bullwild crisis /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0014541.
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Sisler, Heidi E. "Crisis of Man to Crisis of Men: Ray Rice and the NFL's Transition from Crisis of Image to Crisis of Ethics." TopSCHOLAR®, 2015. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1520.
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Using typologies by Benoit (1995), Seeger (2006), and Heath (2006) this study argues that when an organization encounters multiple complications (e.g., perceived guilt, magnitude of harm, nature of the victims, etc.) compounding a crisis situation, that the organization’s best course of action is to employ atonement rhetoric. Second, this study also argues for the inclusion of a new best practice in crisis communication, which highlights the importance of organizations to recognize the impact visual evidence, especially video footage, has on complicating crisis response while also increasing demand for an appropriate and timely response. To do this the study uses the above typologies as well as Koesten and Rowland (2004) to carry out a rhetorical analysis of the NFL’s response to the Ray Rice crisis. This study finds that the NFL’s crisis response through the first three phases, though using nearly all of Benoit’s (1995) strategies, fails to meet all of Seeger’s (2006) and Heath’s (2006) best practices. It is only through meeting the requirements for atonement set out by Koesten and Rowland (2004) that the NFL meets the recommended best practices and achieves resolution from this crisis.
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Löwhagen, Renée. "Decision-Makers behind Effective Crisis Management : An industry comparison of a crisis prepared approach among Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-26928.
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Master Thesis within Business Administration Title: Decision-Makers behind Effective Crisis Management: An industry comparison of a crisis prepared approach among Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Author: Renée Löwhagen Tutor: Angelika Löfgren Date: May, 2015 Key words: Crises, Crisis Management, Crisis preparedness, SME, Managerial decision-making Abstract Problem. The world is in an era with technological advancements, shorter business cycles and a growing competition that requires constant organizational changes in order for or-ganizations to stay on track. Uncertainty in the business world is therefore higher than ev-er. With respect to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and their central role in the European economy, it is of high relevance of today’s researchers to adopt the perspec-tive of these businesses to take on a more crisis prepared approach. Purpose. The focus of this study is to investigate the perception of the concepts of crisis and crisis management among SMEs’ managers in different industries in Sweden. Moreover, this study intends to develop an understanding of the decision-making behind a crisis pre-pared approach of different industries of SMEs. Method. This research employs a multi-methodical qualitative research approach in which, in-depth interviews with owner-managers of SMEs and a crisis expert have been conduct-ed. Results. This study indicates that there may be a lack of insight regarding the core meaning of crises and crisis management among the SMEs’ managers studied. Crises and crisis management was found to be perceived in a similar way among all the managers in the study. Crises were perceived as involving the personnel and safety issues of the business-es. Crisis Management, was understood as the management of an already occurred crisis, rather than the preparation for potential crises. A deficiency was found among the busi-nesses regarding crisis preparations. This seemed to be related to resource restrictions and a general lack of research about this topic in the context of SMEs. The study indicates that SME managers do not always make formal decisions regarding crisis preparations. In the cases where the SME managers of the study had prepared plans and strategies for how to handle crises, these had emerged as a gradual process rather than from decisions taken in this matter.
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Morris, Edwin Kent. "Crisis Thought." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/73167.
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Crisis thought is an idea that gives a name to and accounts for some of the problematics of the sign crisis in political, social, cultural, and economic discourse. Specifically, crisis thought is a discursive formation, a concept used loosely here to refer to an assemblage of signs such as anxiety or fear that evoke or invoke similar, but inaccurate connotations as crisis in political and everyday usage. The general question this study grapples with is why political, social, cultural, and economic crises are often recognized and, yet, are seemingly unrecognized, unaddressed, or accepted as a basic part of political and ordinary life. This study focuses on the mobilization of crisis thought by the 24/7 news media and throughout politics in the United States. Working outside of economic and Marxist traditions of crisis studies, this study focuses on the effects of crisis thought by way of a critical, interpretive, and interdisciplinary approach. There are two goals of this project. The first is to offer some of the linkages between crisis thought, security, and liberalism. The second goal is to examine through various examples and vignettes how, where, and why crisis thought manifests itself in US politics and in ordinary life. Some topics addressed in this study include: news media, infrastructure, police militarization, mass shootings, US electoral politics, and the alleged US politics of crisis. In the final analysis, this study suggests that 24/7 news media and political mobilizations of crisis thought paradoxically help secure the ontological security of subjectivities as linked to securing security and the logos of liberalism. This study illuminates a peculiar aspect about liberal capitalist democracies: the (re)production of a myriad of crises and, thus, crisis thought, in order to perpetuate itself.Ph. D.
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Becker, Jeffrey Leigh. "Perpetual crisis." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1311954711.
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King, Brian Robert. "Presidential management of international crises structured management approaches and crisis learning /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2004. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1115380406.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cincinnati, 2004.Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed May 23, 2006). Includes abstract. Keywords: presidency; presidential style; international crisis; crisis management; organizational learning; Eisenhower, Dwight D. Includes bibliographical references.
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King, Brian Robert. "Presidential Management of International Crises: Structured Management Approaches and Crisis Learning." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1115380406.
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Wright, Courtney. "Responding to crises : a test of the situational crisis communication theory." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002802.
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Wright, Courtney. "Responding to Crises: A Test of the Situational Crisis Communication Theory." Scholar Commons, 2008. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/91.
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Crisis management includes efforts designed to prevent and to detect potential crises, and to learn from crisis experiences. The SCCT posits that certain crisis responses (matched) produce better outcomes for organizations than others (unmatched), depending on the situation. In addition, the results from this study attempt to support the situational crisis communication theory in aiding crisis managers in protecting their organizations against crises.
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SOUZA, FABRICIO TOLEDO DE. "THE REFUGEE CRISIS AND THE REFUGEE AS A CRISIS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2016. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=29858@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
PROGRAMA DE DOUTORADO SANDUÍCHE NO EXTERIOR
A crise dos refugiados é apreendida em duas principais dimensões. De um lado, é a evidência de que a guerra tornou-se a condição generalizada de nosso tempo. Mais do que um evento extraordinário, a crise dos refugiados é signo da violência e da desigualdade como normalidade. Neste sentido, nomear como crise o aumento incessante dos deslocamentos é apenas uma forma de legitimar a violência constante em que vivem parcelas enormes da população mundial, especialmente as mais pobres. O fundamento humanitário do instituto do refúgio é indissociável da gestão global da iniquidade. Nesta primeira dimensão, qualificada como negativa, o instituto de refúgio, fundado em uma concepção de vida sempre diminuída, é apreendido como um dispositivo de controle e docilização. Por meio da distinção e classificação entre refugiados e migrantes, a vida, o direito e a cidadania surgem como bens escassos. De outro lado, sem recusar a tragédia, a crise surge em sua dimensão afirmativa. Nesta perspectiva, as classificações instituídas pelos estados cedem lugar às subjetividades produzidas pelos sujeitos que fogem. Os sujeitos em fuga afirmam o caráter constituinte e ontológico da fuga: atravessam a sobrevivência para afirmar a resistência como fundamento da vida, atribuindo, por meio de sua luta, o valor e a dignidade da própria vida. Simultaneamente à dor, à negatividade e à violência, na fuga existe o desejo positivo por liberdade e democracia. Os sujeitos decidem fugir porque querem viver. Não se trata de recusar a tragédia, mas sim recuperá-la do vazio e da impotência.
The refugee crisis is considered in two main dimensions. On the one hand, it demonstrates that war has become the generalized condition of our time. More than an extraordinary event, the refugee crisis is a sign of the normalization of violence and inequality. In this regard, naming as a crisis the incessant increase of displacement is a way of legitimizing the constant violence in which large portions of the world population live, especially the poorest. The humanitarian foundation of the institution of refuge is inseparable from the global management of iniquity. In this first dimension, qualified as negative, the refuge regime, founded on a conception of always diminished life, is treated as a mechanism of control and docilization. Through the distinction and classification of refugees and migrants, life, rights and citizenship arise as scarce goods. On the other hand, without rejecting this tragedy, the affirmative dimension of the crisis is considered. In this perspective, the classifications established by states give way to the subjectivities produced by the fleeing subjects. They affirm the constitutive and ontological character of the escape: through survival, subjects in escape assert resistance as the foundation of life, giving, through their very struggle, value and dignity to life itself. Concomitant to the pain, negativity and violence, in escape there is a positive desire for freedom and democracy. Escaping subjects decide to flee because they want to live. This is not to deny the tragedy, but reclaim escape from emptiness and impotence.
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Vilela, Carolina Antunes Barata Pires. "A gestão de crises no quadro da NATO." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/6569.
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Tese de Mestrado em EstratégiaO trabalho de investigação que aqui se apresenta, procura analisar a evolução do conceito de Gestão de Crises no seio da NATO. Para fazer face às alterações securitárias, a NATO teve que se transformar, substituindo percepções securitárias por conceitos mais abrangentes de segurança. A Aliança Atlântica redefiniu-se, recolocando prioridades mas reafirmando as suas tarefas e valores. Fruto da redefinição do quadro securitário no pós-Guerra Fria e consequência de crises iniciadas junto à fronteira dos Aliados, a gestão de crises foi ganhando crescente importância no seio da Aliança. A adaptação desta aos novos desafios levou a uma série de transformações que foram sendo cristalizadas nos Conceitos Estratégicos adoptados. Neste contexto, procura-se analisar a evolução do domínio da gestão de crises no quadro NATO e a sua crescente centralidade, bem como procurar compreender a sua influência nas esferas interna e externa no quadro quer do policy-making quer do policy-taking. Para atingir tal desiderato, é analisada a contextualização de cada um dos documentos (nomeadamente os que contêm os Conceitos Estratégicos da NATO), com vista à compreensão das motivações e consequências das alterações no ambiente securitário. Neste sentido, procura-se traçar uma linha de evolução da importância da Gestão de Crises no seio da Aliança, desde a sua introdução no Conceito Estratégico de 1991, até à sua consagração com o estatuto de tarefa fundamental da Aliança, juntamente com o anúncio da criação de uma capacidade civil de gestão de crises, no Conceito Estratégico de 2010. É neste âmbito que se insere a introdução da gestão de crises nos Conceitos Estratégicos da NATO, sendo que nesta dissertação se procura salientar a sua relevância (num sentido amplo) e realçar (justificando) o facto de a gestão de crises ser uma das chaves principais de reinvenção da Aliança no século XXI.
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the evolution of the crisis management concept within NATO. To cope with the security changes, this thesis will emphasize how NATO transformed itself, replacing perceptions by broader concepts of security. Moreover this thesis will emphasize how the Atlantic Alliance redefined itself by placing priorities but reaffirming its values and tasks. Result of the redefinition of the security-framework in the post-Cold War and consequence of the triggered crisis by the border of the Allies, the thesis then identifies that crisis management has been gaining increasing importance within the Alliance. The adaptation of the Alliance to these challenges led to a series of transformations that were formalized in the Strategic Concepts. In this context, the thesis intends to analyze the evolution of the crisis management concept within NATO and its centrality, looking for the internal and external influence on the policy-making and policy-taking framework. To achieve this goal, the different Strategic Concepts contexts analyze were in order to understand the motivations and the consequences of some security changes. In this sense, this thesis intends to draw an evolution line of the crisis management importance within the Alliance since its introduction in the 1991 Strategic Concept, until its assumption as a fundamental task of the Alliance, along with the announcement of the creation of a civilian capacity for crisis management in the Strategic Concept of 2010. Lastly, this thesis intends to emphasize its relevance and highlight the idea that crisis management is a major key to the Alliance reinvention on the 21st Century.
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Anabtawi, Manal. "Crisis management in Jordan: case study of the Iraqi crisis." Thesis, University of Kent, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.592676.
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Gelles, Jan-David. "La crisis europea no es una crisis de deuda pública." Economía, 2012. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/117802.
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Bouchard, Joseph Frederick. "Use of naval force in crises: a theory of stratified crisis interaction." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/26829.
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Rushwaya, Mauru. "Online crisis management /." Full text available online, 2004. http://www.lib.rowan.edu/find/theses.
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Evans, Mary James. "(Mytho) logical crisis." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23930.
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Luna, Tania Sophia. "The Colombian crisis." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1108.
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Damm, Andreas. "Chance or Crisis?" Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-202694.
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Ireland experienced an unprecedented arrival of immigrants during the years of economic prosperity. The new diversity was met with divided public opinion towards non-Irish and an increasingly selective immigration policy. The media, as a main contributor to public discourse, play an important role in the construction of migrant images and therefore have a profound impact on such developments. Employing a combination of quantitative and qualitative content analysis, this study examines whether different immigrant groups have the same chance of favourable or unfavourable portrayal in daily newspapers. Based on the most frequent roles and topics associated with Poles, Nigerians and Chinese, a selection of newspaper articles is subjected to in-depth analysis. The overarching result that there is not one image of the Irish media illustrates how difficult, if not impossible, it is to arrive at findings that can be generalised. Individual newspapers are found to pursuit varying and sometimes covert strategies in the representation of immigrants. It is further shown that immigrants who are perceived as culturally closer to Irishness have a higher chance of favourable portrayal than those who are perceived as culturally more distant. Some commonly accepted perceptions of immigrants are unmasked as myths.
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Muzhi, Li, and A. Tkachenko. "Human population crisis." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2009. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/8171.
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Cesaratto, Enrica <1991>. ""Vietnamese Refugee Crisis"." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/8726.
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Following the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, fearing the new communist leadership, an endless exodus of desperate individuals started: they were the Vietnamese “boat people”. Until 1996, when this massive displacement of millions of Vietnamese reached its conclusion, neighbouring countries such as Malaysia, Thailand and later Hong Kong were to host the 3 waves of boat people that, at intervals, begun to reach their shores, becoming countries of first asylum. The UNHCR had a leading role in conducing resettlement procedures to third, western countries, for those who met the requirements for refugee status. At an international level, the problem was managed thanks to two important programs, the ODP and the CPA, issued following two famous conferences in 1979 and 1989, the latter finally leading the issue to its end.
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Novello, Cristina <1994>. "China’s Environmental Crisis." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/15213.
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During the 20th century China has faced one of biggest changes of its history. The country passed from being a country whose economy was largely based on agriculture to a major industrialized country. This process of modernization has passed through some historical passages, most notably the Chinese Revolution that established in 1949 the People’s Republic of China. However, modernization has its own price to be paid, that now is mostly settled by nature. In fact, one of the key point of Chinese development is the progress of industry and urbanization that necessarily lead to an increase of pollution production. Pollution and climate change are global problems that not only China has to face, but as one of the most polluting and vulnerable country China can not ignore them.
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Cho, Youngwon. "The political economy of international financial crisis, a comparative study of the Mexican crisis of 1994 and the South Korean crises of 1997." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0007/MQ42598.pdf.
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Elias, Mahmoud. "Crisis Preparedness Within Manufacturing Organizations : A study on corporate behavior in the face of crises." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-447468.
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Problem: Crisis and crisis preparedness are being increasingly discussed within the business world. Especially now, when the current pandemic triggered maybe the most significant wave of economic downturns the globe is facing ever. Nevertheless, the Manufacturing Industry (MI) was severely impacted due to its dependence on the e.g., supply chain aspect. Therefore, it was interesting to explore how MO’s challenge crisis by investigating how they prepare for a crisis, i.e., crisis preparedness. A review of the topic within the scientific papers shows a lack of knowledge regarding crisis preparedness within MO’s. Purpose: This thesis aimed to increase how MO’s prepare for a crisis and explore what measures (actions) they use to prepare for a crisis. Method: This thesis followed a qualitative research approach (inductive) with a multiple case study design approach. The data were collected by three semi-structured interviews with three major organizations, where all the participants had a long experience with crisis management. Later on, the collected data were analyzed thematically (thematic analysis approach). Empirical findings: The empirical findings showed that organizations need to consider four main aspects when building a solid crisis preparation structure. These aspects consist of: (1) careful understanding of the environment the crisis occurred in, (2) possess extensive experience dealing with a crisis, (3) scenarios practices, (4) strong communication and transparency system, and finally (5) fostering crisis preparedness culture within the organization. All these aspects/skills must be acquired within the crisis management team (CMT). However, the communication aspect stood out more than the other aspects, which indicate the importance of communication within the organization. Contribution: This thesis contributes theoretically by emphasizing the essentiality of the communication aspect and its positive impact on a crisis preparedness process within organizations. Likewise, from a managerial perspective, this thesis suggests that organizations should implement a crisis communication hub, where all departments within an organization possess all necessary tools to help them survive any crisis through an effective communication system.Confidential
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FISOGNI, COSTANZO. "Il civilian crisis management nell'Unione Europea." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/120.
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La gestione civile delle crisi (GCC) si inserisce nel contesto della Politica Europea di Sicurezza e Difesa (PESD) che, a sua volta, è uno degli elementi della più ampia PESC (Politica Estera e di Sicurezza Comune). GCC, PESD e PESC sono componenti delle relazioni esterne dell'Unione europea (UE). La gestione civile delle crisi è una policy dell'UE la cui analisi richiede di rispondere a diversi quesiti teorico pratici: 1) cosa è esattamente la gestione civile delle crisi e a cosa essa corrisponde in ambito UE (Capitolo I); 2) quali sono le caratteristiche generali delle iniziative civili per il mantenimento della pace e della sicurezza internazionali realizzate dalle Nazioni Unite (NU), dall'Organizzazione per la Sicurezza e la Cooperazione in Europa (OSCE), dall'Unione dell'Europa Occidentale e dalla NATO (Capitolo I), 3) come si è sviluppata la GCC dal trattato di Maastricht a oggi (Capitolo II e Capitolo III); 4) come si concepisce, pianifica e lancia una missione di GCC (Capitolo iv); quali sono le missioni di GCC realizzate dall'UE dal 1997 al 2006 (capitolo v); 5) quale è la relazione tra PESC, PESD E GCC e il valore aggiunto della GCC dell'ue rispetto ad altre organizzazioni internazionali (Conclusioni)Civilian Crisis Management (CCM) is part of the European security and defence policy (ESDP), which is, on its own, an element of the broader common foreign and security policy (CFSP). CCM, ESDP and CFSP are tools of the external relations of the European Union (EU) . Civilian crisis management is a policy of the EU whose analysis requires both a theoretical and practical approach. It is indispensable to understand what civilian crisis management is, in general, and specifically in the framework of the European Union (Chapter I). Afterwards, some attention has been devoted to the investigation of the civilian crisis management initiatives of the United Nations (UN), of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), of the Western European Union (WEU) and of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (Chapter I). A further step in the understanding of the CCM of the EU is the evaluation of its historical evolution from the Treaty of Maastricht up to 2006 (Chapter II and III). It is also paramount to consider how CCM missions are designed, planned and deployed (Chapter IV) and which missions have been carried trough until 2006 (Chapter V). Finally, it has been evaluated which is the current relations in-between CCM, ESDP and CFSP and which is the added value of EU's CCM compared to the initiatives of other international organizations (Conclusions).
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FISOGNI, COSTANZO. "Il civilian crisis management nell'Unione Europea." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/120.
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La gestione civile delle crisi (GCC) si inserisce nel contesto della Politica Europea di Sicurezza e Difesa (PESD) che, a sua volta, è uno degli elementi della più ampia PESC (Politica Estera e di Sicurezza Comune). GCC, PESD e PESC sono componenti delle relazioni esterne dell'Unione europea (UE). La gestione civile delle crisi è una policy dell'UE la cui analisi richiede di rispondere a diversi quesiti teorico pratici: 1) cosa è esattamente la gestione civile delle crisi e a cosa essa corrisponde in ambito UE (Capitolo I); 2) quali sono le caratteristiche generali delle iniziative civili per il mantenimento della pace e della sicurezza internazionali realizzate dalle Nazioni Unite (NU), dall'Organizzazione per la Sicurezza e la Cooperazione in Europa (OSCE), dall'Unione dell'Europa Occidentale e dalla NATO (Capitolo I), 3) come si è sviluppata la GCC dal trattato di Maastricht a oggi (Capitolo II e Capitolo III); 4) come si concepisce, pianifica e lancia una missione di GCC (Capitolo iv); quali sono le missioni di GCC realizzate dall'UE dal 1997 al 2006 (capitolo v); 5) quale è la relazione tra PESC, PESD E GCC e il valore aggiunto della GCC dell'ue rispetto ad altre organizzazioni internazionali (Conclusioni)Civilian Crisis Management (CCM) is part of the European security and defence policy (ESDP), which is, on its own, an element of the broader common foreign and security policy (CFSP). CCM, ESDP and CFSP are tools of the external relations of the European Union (EU) . Civilian crisis management is a policy of the EU whose analysis requires both a theoretical and practical approach. It is indispensable to understand what civilian crisis management is, in general, and specifically in the framework of the European Union (Chapter I). Afterwards, some attention has been devoted to the investigation of the civilian crisis management initiatives of the United Nations (UN), of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), of the Western European Union (WEU) and of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (Chapter I). A further step in the understanding of the CCM of the EU is the evaluation of its historical evolution from the Treaty of Maastricht up to 2006 (Chapter II and III). It is also paramount to consider how CCM missions are designed, planned and deployed (Chapter IV) and which missions have been carried trough until 2006 (Chapter V). Finally, it has been evaluated which is the current relations in-between CCM, ESDP and CFSP and which is the added value of EU's CCM compared to the initiatives of other international organizations (Conclusions).
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Edwards, Elizabeth M. "Crisis in Lancashire : a survey of the 1720's demographic crisis." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2009. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/6547/.
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This thesis examines a suspected demographic crisis in Lancashire in the latter years of the 1720s utilising evidence from a wide selection of parish registers and a number of contemporary accounts. Lancashire has proved to be an excellent county to study this crisis given its diverse topographic and economic characteristics, and a division of the county into four regions enhances the understanding of the incidence of crisis. Previously this crisis had been unexplored in Lancashire, with the regional studies conducted in the midlands and to the east of the country. Glimpses of crisis were evident in the forewords of the transcriptions of the parish registers by the Lancashire Parish Register Society and from contemporary accounts. Thus a full study of the parish registers would enhance the knowledge of the crisis in Lancashire. During the undertaking of this study an article considering the experience of the Lancashire crisis was published, which has provided a number of suppositions which this study explores in greater detail. In considering the data provided by the parish registers, the study explores a number of observations; a subsistence caused by harvest failures and disease, with the countryside being greatly affected. That the experience of crisis was socially selective in which the older members of the community formed the majority of the burials and that the poor and vulnerable were hardest hit Consideration of the experience of crisis is best explored through the review of one community that recorded exceptionally high levels of modality and had not only detailed registers but a record of the poor accounts.
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Abrache, Cassandra. "Crisis Communication Management: -A Case Study of Oxfam’s 2018 Credibility Crisis." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-75154.
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The growth of social media has set demands on organizations to be online and interact with stakeholders, especially during a crisis. The public are no longer seen as passive receivers of marketing messages. Previous studies have shown that the need for information increases during a crisis. Social media can be a powerful tool if is used strategically. This case study looks deeper into Oxfam’s 2018 Haiti sexual exploitation scandal, as an attempt to understand how organizations communicate on social media during a crisis. By co-applying multimodal critical discourse analysis (MCDA) and the social-mediated crisis communication (SMCC) model, a broader understanding of how the crisis was handled can be developed. The data consists of four Instagram posts that will be analyzed, drawing upon four multimodal frameworks from Machin (2017): Iconography: the ‘hidden meanings’ of images; The meaning of color in visual design; The meaning of typography; and Representation of social actors in images. In order to obtain a broader picture of the strategies, key public and relationships, the components of the SMCC model will be identified and presented for this case. The result of this study shows that multiple response strategies have been used to communicate both tailored messages and unified organizational messages. It is apparent that Oxfam did not have a clear strategy and altered between apologizing, “blaming” individuals within the organization and distancing themselves from the crisis.
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Ngadi, Leila. "Financial liberalisation as a predictor of financial crises : evidence from the Asian crisis /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 1999. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARM/09armn576.pdf.
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Granath, Jakob. "ECONOMIC CRISES AND CRIME : The Effects of the Great Recession on Swedish Crime Rates." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-448078.
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This paper investigates the impact of the 2008's financial crisis on local crime rates in Sweden. I deploy a difference-in-differences approach that contrasts the changes in reported crimes between municipalities that are more or less crisis-exposed. The results show no significant effect on any crime category nor the aggregate crime rate. However, there are indications of more densely populated municipalities experiencing an increase in crimes with underlying financial incentives, although not robust. The results are similar when the effect of the Great Recession is compared to the major financial crisis that hit Sweden in the early 90s, suggesting that economic crises do not cause any reactions in crimes. One explanation could be the increase in social grants recipients and the participation in labour market programmes. Both of which cushions the fall in income and reduces criminal motivation. The results appear robust for a variety of alternative severity measures. Potential spillovers between adjacent municipalities do not seem to be a threat as the results are similar for county-level regressions. Overall, the findings in this paper point towards the number of reported crimes being unaffected by the crisis exposure measured as the employment change and change in retail sales.
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Santana, Guilherme Guimrães. "Crisis management : towards a model for the hotel industry : an examination of crisis preparedness and stakeholder relationships in crisis situations." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 1997. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/299/.
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Crises are inevitable. There is no way to prevent all crises from happening. In fact, in today's business environment crises are an integral part of organizational life. Crisis situations are by nature novel, unstructured, frameworks. Crises are sudden, acute, and demand a timely response. Most man-made crises are in principle preventable. Crisis management is a new field of research that addresses the problems of dealing with crises, and the stress that accompanies crises. Crisis management involves efforts to prevent crises from occurring; to prepare for a better protection against the impact of a crisis agent; to make for an effective response to an actual crisis; and to provide plans and resources for recovery and rehabilitation in the aftermath of a crisis. It is no longer enough to consider "if" a crisis will happen but rather "when" a crisis will occur, "which type", and "how". There is no doubt that the travel and tourism industry is especially susceptible and vulnerable to crises. It is argued that the hotel industry, given its operational characteristics, management practices (which is strongly influenced by long established traditions), and its operating environment, is even more prone to crises. However, very little has been done to understand crisis (that is, how a crisis evolves, crisis typology, anatomy, and management of crisis). This study describes and discusses all major relevant elements and issues to the emerging field of crisis management. Within the domain of crisis management theory, the study describes and elaborates on critical issues such as crisis typology, anatomy of crisis, crisis planning and training, crisis decision making, crisis communication, and crisis management. It is argued in this study that organizational culture is the most fundamental element in crisis preparedness. That is, organizational culture, not organization structure, size, financial history, etc., is the main determinant of crisis preparedness. The research also argue that stakeholders are fundamental in crisis prevention, crisis management and crisis recovery. 2 This study, in a first instance, examines the crisis preparedness of 33 of the 50 top hotel organizations operating in the UK (HCIMA, 1995). Crisis preparedness is examined in the light of organizational culture. For that, top executives in those organizations were interviewed and responded to two questionnaires. A crisis preparedness framework (or continuum) was derived from the application of factor analysis on the questionnaire data. The results suggest that the hotel industry is not prepared for crises. Given that a crisis is a multi-stakeholder phenomenon (it inevitably involves other agents) this study also explores, building upon the results obtained from the crisis preparedness continuum, the notion of stakeholders relationships in crisis situations. More specifically, the research proposition states that organizations that are crisis "prepared" are more consistent on their opinions about stakeholders' role and behaviour in crisis situations than those organizations that are not prepared for crises. The study confirmed both the research question and proposition. The study also presents an operational definition of crisis management and proposes a model for crisis management.
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Judek, Clement. "The contribution of virtual crisis simulations to the study of crisis management situations : the case of iCrisis crisis simulation approach." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Lorraine, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LORR0350.
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L'apparition de crises majeures illustre d'une part la forte intensité de ces événements, mais aussi la complexité et l'interdépendance croissantes des systèmes, qui se traduisent par un plus grand nombre d'organisations touchées. De nos jours, de nombreux événements sont considérés comme des crises, alors qu'il ne peut s'agir que d'une urgence. Cette utilisation du terme «crise» peut être contre-productive car, en raison de sa nature unique, la crise nécessite des capacités spéciales telles que l'adaptation, contrairement aux événements dans le domaine de la gestion des urgences qui nécessitent l'application d'une procédure. Pour réduire le risque de crises majeures, la prévention et la protection sont nécessaires. Cependant, toutes les situations ne sont pas prévisibles et pour cette raison, les organisations exposées doivent être préparées. Pour préparer et améliorer l'expérience des gestionnaires de crise, la simulation apparaît comme une solution. Les simulations de crise permettent de sensibiliser les organisations aux situations de crise et de leur permettre d'acquérir de l'expérience en les plaçant dans un environnement virtuel qui essaie de reproduire au maximum les conditions réelles. L'objectif de reproduire la situation aussi fidèlement que possible est nécessaire, mais il n'existe aucune méthode de vérification/validation pour s'assurer que la méthode de simulation est vraiment efficace. De plus, la majorité des simulateurs de crise existants visent à atteindre un objectif pédagogique adressé aux personnes impliquées dans des situations d'urgence ou de crise. Toutefois, en raison de la nature complexe des situations de crise, il est dans l'intérêt de procéder à des simulations de crise pour enquêter sur la crise elle-même. Dans ce contexte, nous nous proposons de nous interroger sur la capacité de l'approche de simulation de crise iCrisis à placer les managers stratégiques dans une situation aux caractéristiques similaires à celles d'une «crise réelle». Cette approche intéressante dans le cadre des objectifs pédagogiques donnés permet également de s'ouvrir à des objectifs moins connus pour les simulateurs de crise : atteindre des objectifs scientifiques. En effet, un tel système permet-il aussi d'étudier certains aspects de la crise ? A travers ce manuscrit, nous tenterons de contribuer à la réflexion sur ces deux aspects. Pour donner des éléments de réponse à ces questions, ce manuscrit propose 5 chapitres : - Le chapitre 1 vise à comprendre le positionnement du concept de crise par rapport au concept d'urgence. - Le chapitre 2 est consacré à la définition de la crise qui est utilisée dans la recherche. - Le chapitre 3 traite de la méthodologie de recherche en mettant l'accent sur la simulation iCrisis. - Le chapitre 4 présente l'étude qui a consisté à observer si les participants aux simulations iCrisis ont vécu les caractéristiques d'une crise réelle. - Le chapitre 5 présente deux études qui ont été réalisées. L'une concerne l'évaluation de la charge mentale et. Le second concerne le test d'utilisation d'un outil qui évalue les effets en cascade. La recherche a permis de clarifier la différence entre urgence et crise, puis de proposer une définition de la crise à partir de ses caractéristiques. Elle a également permis de concrétiser l'approche de simulation de crise iCrisis qui est décrite avec précision. Le deuxième résultat important est la présentation de l'étude l'étude qui avait pour but d'observer que les caractéristiques de la crise sont bien observables lors d'une simulation iCrisis. Enfin, nous démontrons que les études sur les questions appliquées à la crise peuvent être réalisées avec iCrisis et donner des résultatsThe emergence of major crises illustrates, on the one hand, the high intensity of these events, but also the increasing complexity and interdependence of systems, which are resulting in a larger number of affected organizations. Nowadays, many events are considered as crises, whereas they can only be emergencies. This use of the term «crisis» can be counterproductive because, due to its unique nature, the crisis requires special capabilities such as adaptation, unlike events in the field of emergency management that require the application of a procedure. To reduce the risk of major crises, prevention and protection are necessary. However, not all situations are predictable and for this reason, the organizations exposed must be prepared. To prepare and improve the experience of crisis managers, simulation appears to be a solution. Stress simulations raise awareness of crisis situations and allow organizations to gain experience by placing them in a virtual environment that tries to reproduce real conditions as much as possible. The objective of reproducing the situation as accurately as possible is necessary, but there is no verification/validation method to ensure that the simulation method is really effective. In addition, the majority of existing crisis simulators aim to achieve an educational objective for people involved in emergency or crisis situations. However, due to the complex nature of crisis situations, it is in the interest of conducting stress tests to investigate the crisis itself. In this context, we propose to question the ability of the iCrisis crisis simulation approach to place strategic managers in a situation with similar characteristics to those of a «real crisis». This interesting approach within the framework of the given pedagogical objectives also makes it possible to open up to objectives less known for crisis simulators: to achieve scientific objectives. Indeed, does such a system also make it possible to study certain aspects of the crisis? Through this manuscript, we will try to contribute to the reflection on these two aspects. To provide some answers to these questions, this manuscript proposes 5 chapters: - Chapter 1 aims to understand the positioning of the concept of crisis in relation to the concept of urgency. - Chapter 2 is devoted to the definition of the crisis that is used in research. - Chapter 3 discusses the research methodology with an emphasis on iCrisis simulation. - Chapter 4 presents the study that examined whether participants in iCrisis simulations experienced the characteristics of a real crisis. - Chapter 5 presents two studies that have been conducted. One concerns the assessment of mental workload and. The second is to test the use of a tool that evaluates cascading effects. The research made it possible to clarify the difference between emergency and crisis, and then to propose a definition of the crisis based on its characteristics. It also made it possible to implement the iCrisis crisis simulation approach, which is precisely described. The second important result is the presentation of the study the study which aimed to observe that the characteristics of the crisis are well observable during an iCrisis simulation. Finally, we demonstrate that studies on issues applied to the crisis can be conducted with iCrisis and yield results
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Stuart, Charles. "The Mohawk Crisis: A crisis of hegemony. An analysis of media discourse." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6505.
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The subject for this thesis was the Mohawk Crisis at Oka, Quebec during the summer of 1990. The theoretical framework underlining the study was Antonio Gramsci's concept of a crisis of hegemony or legitimation crisis as applied by Stuart Hall et al. (1978). Within this theoretical framework the media are viewed as an ideological mechanism perpetuating the existing hegemonic relationship. The research undertook to apply this social theory to the Mohawk Crisis and examine the ideological discourse in the media coverage of the Crisis. Press reports taken from the Globe and Mail and Montreal Gazette were analyzed using quantitative content analysis and a qualitative exploratory technique. The following two general theses were examined: firstly, that ideological discourse would be apparent in media coverage of the 1990 Mohawk Crisis and, secondly, that the media supported an official 'law and order' campaign during the Mohawk Crisis. Further, two more specific hypotheses were tested in individual chapters which present the results of the quantitative content analysis. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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Li, Yan. "Lessons from the crisis : dangers and opportunities in the Asian financial crisis." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/10052.
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This study generates an overview of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, from its causes to the consequences. At the same time, it examines the context of the crisis, which includes the review of historical Asian development and the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the financial crisis. Particular attention is given to the crisis‘ impact on the local economy and people. In this it differs from existing research that analyses the impact on its own, this study links the crisis‘ impact to the foreign direct investment (FDI). The impact of the crisis, therefore, is reflected by examining the control power of the FDI money. It examines the crisis‘ impact through focusing on a unique angle of the two elements in the crisis – danger and opportunity. The results show that the social impact of the crisis put local people in danger of unemployment, underemployment, falling real wages and growing social inequality and lowered land and commodity prices, which dramatically reduced the cost of production. Accordingly, the control power of the FDI money increased extensively in the crisis, which represents the increasing danger of unfair exploitation of local labour and enclosure of land and resources which can be seen as opportunities beneficial to the international capitalists.
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Küffer, Simon, and Tåve Uglem. "The Art Of Surving A Crisis : Strategic Crisis Management in Manufacturing SMEs." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-172927.
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Nowadays, there is a growing need to consider crisis management in organizations due to an increased occurrence of crises in our society. Manufacturing organizations are often affected by crises due to their supply chain reliance and many small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) do not have the resources to work with crisis management. There is an identified lack of research regarding how manufacturing SMEs work with crisis management and how the particularities of the manufacturing industry and the specific characteristics and reliance of resources of SMEs can affect crisis management. The purpose of this thesis is to increase the understanding of strategic crisis management in manufacturing SMEs. The thesis outlines different strategic crisis management models which includes the crisis processes of detection, occurrence, and recovery. To understand the practices of manufacturing SMEs, a qualitative study was conducted through 8 eight semi-structured interviews with respondents from Sweden and Switzerland. The thesis discuss the findings of the crisis management carried out by the manufacturing SMEs and existing crisis management models for SMEs and Chinese large- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (CLMMEs). The paper concludes that manufacturing SMEs are affected economically by the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. The most common impacts include a decrease in orders and delivery delays. Furthermore, the research provides a contribution to the understanding of how manufacturing SMEs deal and work with crises. The most identified practices were market diversification, active communication with stakeholders, cost reduction and crisis recap.Findings also showed that manufacturing SMEs worked with pre-event planning as an essential part of their crisis management. The paper further proposes a strategic crisis management model for manufacturing SMEs.
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Muffet-Willett, Stacy L. "Waiting for a Crisis: Case Studies of Crisis Leaders in Higher Education." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1290118943.
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PRICKETT, DAVID JAMES. "BODY CRISIS, IDENTITY CRISIS: HOMOSEXUALITY AND AESTHETICS IN WILHELMINE- AND WEIMAR GERMANY." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1053700766.
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Prickett, David J. "Body crisis, identity crisis homosexuality and aesthetics in Wilhelmine- and Weimar Germany /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=ucin1053700766.
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Catanzaro, Basil J. Horine Brian S. "International crisis information network." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/06Dec%5FCatanzaro.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2006.Thesis Advisor(s): John Arquilla. "December 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-110). Also available in print.
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Greentree, James. "Understanding the Gulf crisis /." Title page, abstract and contents only, 1992. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arg8156.pdf.
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Ahlin, Katarina, and Sanna Bredin. "European Aviation Crisis Management." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Kommunikations- och transportsystem, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-104012.
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Our aim is to investigate and evaluate the efficiency of crisis management in European aviation, and to recommend enhancements. To fulfill this, we mapped the current crisis management plans and created a fictive scenario where a cyber-attack shut down the power at five of the major airports in Europe. Air traffic in Europe was reconstructed to a chosen day; the 16th of September 2013, and the reconstructed traffic situation was used in the scenario. We also created a model, for the purpose of showing the effect of a cut in time for the steps in the crisis management plan may have on the traffic waiting to depart at the closed airports. When using these means, we could implement the crisis management plans on the fictive scenario and make changes to the plans for a new implementation. The existing crisis management plans were compared to the modified plans made by us, and it was found that usage of a common platform for the different stakeholders involved in the crisis could improve the efficiency of the crisis management.
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Croci, Osvaldo. "The Trieste crisis, 1953 /." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=70276.
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This study applies the ICB model of state behavior in international crisis to one actor, Italy, in the 1953 Trieste crisis. At the historical level it reconstructs in detail, through recently declassified American and Italian documents, the flow of events from mid-1951 until October 5, 1954 when the signing of the so-called Memorandum of Understanding solved the Trieste question. At the theoretical level, it seeks to determine the impact of crisis-induced stress on the coping processes and choice patterns of Italian decision-makers. The findings confirm the major hypothesis (advanced by Holsti and George) about the stress-performance nexus, namely that "moderate" levels of stress improve decision-making performance while "high" stress might impair it. A modification of the definition of foreign policy crisis adopted by the ICB model is also suggested.
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Fantauzzo, Shaun. "On Iceland's financial crisis." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45433.
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The global financial crisis has provoked a robust debate in international political economy literature. Existing studies afford readers with a thorough analysis of the impacts of neoliberalism and market fundamentalism, both of which are regarded as determinants of economic and political volatility. These studies identify a relationship between financialization and volatility that is encouraging as it permits for a more qualitative assessment of global phenomena, therefore facilitating a greater understanding of country-level experiences of the global financial crisis, of which there exists substantial and puzzling variation. Iceland’s financial crisis is an example of this variation.
Though Iceland’s financial liberalization occurred during an era of unprecedented international financialization, this does not explain why Iceland’s government prohibited foreign competition, nor does it explain the rapid, astronomical growth of Iceland’s banking sector between 2002 and 2008. Furthermore, Iceland’s refusal and subsequent inability to honor foreign debt obligations represents a new development that merits addition consideration. These discrepancies provoke a number of questions regarding the impact that Iceland’s institutional structure has on domestic and international developments, such as the liberalization of its financial sector and the financialization of the global economy. This suggests not that Iceland’s financial crisis is a purely domestic phenomenon, but rather that domestic institutions played a unique role in exacerbating the impact of neoliberalism and market fundamentalism.
I develop a conceptual framework informed by Mancur Olson’s theory of ‘institutional sclerosis’ to reveal the institutions that pre-dated Iceland’s financial collapse and argue that Iceland’s corporatist structure is conducive to capture, resulting in a disproportionately overextended banking sector. In addition, I summarize the events of Iceland’s debt negotiations to provide a more comprehensive understanding of what influenced Iceland’s politicians to provide continued support for honoring foreign debt obligations despite a clear ‘no’ mandate afforded by Icelanders in both referendums, as well as why Iceland honored foreign debt obligations altogether, allowing for proper conclusions to be drawn about Iceland’s recovery model and its implications for existing theories in the fields of international political economy and global governance.