Crisis Management : Introducing Companies Organizational Reactivity and Flexibility.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Theoretical Basis -- 1.2. Typology of Crises -- 1.2.1. Problems with Classifying Crises -- 1.2.2. Criteria for Classifying Crises -- 1.2.2.1. Predictability -- 1.2.2.2. Possibility of Affecting -- 1.3. Categories of Crises -- Chapter 2 -- 2. Psychology of Crises -- Chapter 3 -- 3. Socio-Political Aspects of Crises -- Chapter 4 -- 4. Technological Aspects of Crises -- Chapter 5 -- 5. Success and Failure of Crisis Management -- 5.1. Organizational Management and Crises -- 5.2. Preparedness for Crises and the Events That Cause Them -- 5.3. Employee Response to Crises -- 5.3.1. Team Response to Crises -- 5.3.2. Stakeholder Response to Crises -- 5.3.3. Providing Information on Crises -- 5.3.4. Media, Organizations and Crises -- 5.3.5. Practical and Theoretical Implications -- Chapter 6 -- 6. Planning for Crises and Preparing the Organization -- 6.1. Rules for Crisis Planning and Preparation -- 6.1.1. High Potential Impact of Crisis vs. Low Priority of Urgency of Crisis Management -- 6.1.2. Need for Planning and Order vs. Uncertainty and Collapse of Order in Crisis -- 6.1.3. Need for Integrated Approach vs. Reality of Institutional Fragmentation -- 6.1.4. Need for Active Planning and Preparedness vs. Symbolic Preparedness -- 6.2. General Aspects of Crisis Planning -- 6.3. Conclusion of Theoretical Considerations -- Chapter 7 -- 7. Research -- 7.1. Definitions of Variables -- 7.2. Research Procedure -- 7.3. Research Sample -- 7.3.1. Sector of the Respondents' Company -- 7.3.2. Ownership Structure -- 7.3.3. Position Held in the Company -- 7.4. Descriptive Statistics -- 7.4.1. Effects of Nominal Variables on Dependent and Independent Variables of the Research -- 7.5. SEM Analysis -- 7.6. Relation between Manifest Independent Variables and Dependent Variables.

7.6.1. Efficiency of Crisis Management -- 7.6.2. Efficacy of Crisis Management -- Chapter 8 -- 8. Discussion -- 8.1. Level One - Crisis-Prone -- 8.2. Level Two - Concerned about Crisis -- 8.3. Level Three - Adapted to Crisis -- 8.4. Level Four - Crisis Strengthened -- 8.5. Level Five - Prepared for Crisis -- Conclusion -- References -- About the Authors -- Index -- Blank Page.

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