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Crisis Management

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C/M/1298. Proposal. Crisis management regulations in emerging economies

WORDS:
1000
DATE:
2010
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The paper proposes research into crisis management regulations used in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC countries) offering a brief literature review, describing the methods of the proposed research and presenting its timescale.

 

KEYWORDS: Proposal, Brazil, Russia, India and China, BRIC, economic crisis, crisis management,

 

C/OM/168. Humanitarian logistics and supply chain in crisis relief efforts

WORDS:
3900
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
39.99 GBP

The paper examines the responses of logistics and supply chains to disasters or humanitarian crises describing the actors involved, the challenges faced, and the similarities and differences between humanitarian and commercial logistics. The case of relief efforts in South Sudan is studied suggesting recommendations about increasing the efficiency of humanitarian operations.

 

KEYWORDS: Humanitarian logistics, supply chain, crisis, disaster, relief efforts, Sudan,

 

C/M/1175. Evaluation of crisis management exercise

WORDS:
1000
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The paper reports on the exercise aimed to formulate a strategy for responding to a hypothetical crisis situation. The project plan and implementation are detailed, the problems faced by the students in the course of the project are outlined, the lessons learned from the exercise are summed up.

 

KEYWORDS: Crisis management, public relations,

 

C/E/403. Change management at Standard Life and Legal & General

WORDS:
1500
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The paper discusses the challenges encountered by two companies, i.e. Legal and General Group and Standard Life, due to the current economic climate and the response of these companies towards tackling economic and financial changes. The effect of the changes on the companies is analysed using Lewin’s force field analysis.

 

KEYWORDS: Legal and General, Standard Life, Change Management, Stakeholders, Lewin’s force field,

 

C/M/1155. Crisis Management Planning: Coca-Cola Case Study

WORDS:
1600
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
19.99 GBP

The paper reviews the theory of crisis management (CM) examining the steps of CM planning as a crucial organisational function. A case study of the Coca-Cola Company is conducted analysing the crisis of 1999 suffered by the company and the post-crisis phase.

 

KEYWORDS: crisis management, public relations, communications, Coca-Cola,

 

C/M/1099. Handling current crisis at General Motors: leadership perspective

WORDS:
3500
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
39.99 GBP

The paper examines the role of General Motor's (GM) leadership in handing the current crisis faced by the company and investigating the performance of GM from a stakeholder perspective. It is analyzed how the understanding of stakeholder relationships can help to achieve the organization's goals of re-capitalization.

 

KEYWORDS: Leadership, General Motors, GM, stakeholders,

 

C/M/1110. Recovering From Tsunami: Effectiveness and Lessons

WORDS:
800
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
9.99 GBP

The paper examines the relief programmes and actions undertaken to help in the recovery from the Asian tsunami in Sri Lanka in 2004 discussing the stages of the reconstruction and prevention of future disasters. The role played by various institutions in dealing with the difficulties is analysed highlighting the steps that either helped or hindered the recovery process.

 

KEYWORDS: Asian tsunami, Sri Lanka, disaster, recovery, emergency, crisis management aid agencies, natural disaster planning,

 

C/M/1112. Examples of enterprise risk management and its benefits for organisations

WORDS:
760
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
9.99 GBP

The paper offers examples of the practices in enterprise risk management (ERM) at various companies including National Westminster Bank (NatWest), Boots, British Airways, and Ford Motor Co arguing that risk management techniques prevent companies from the financial and economic crisis.

 

KEYWORDS: Enterprise risk management, ERM, crisis,

 

S/M/448. Contingency Planning and Disaster Management

WORDS:
6000
DATE:
2009
PRICE:
69.99 GBP

The paper addresses the issues of contingency planning and disaster management in the event of an aircraft accident providing definitions of 'accident', and describing the roles and responsibilities in accident management, the operations needed to recover normal airline activity, business continuity planning, the functions of the police, ambulance, fire services, etc.

 

KEYWORDS: contingency, planning, disaster, management,

 

C/M/818. Managing and Developing Activities in Park Cakes Bakery

WORDS:
4500
DATE:
2008
PRICE:
49.99 GBP

The paper reports on the food processing company Park Cake bakery describing their background and addressing the problems recently faced by the company with relation to the quality of products, the moral of the staff, co-ordination, infrastructure, working culture, etc. Managerial solutions are suggested providing recommendations for the implementation of the initiatives, i.e. the Six Sigma business initiative.

 

KEYWORDS: Park Cake bakery, Six Sigma,

 

C/M/863. Contingency Planning

WORDS:
700
DATE:
2008
PRICE:
9.99 GBP

The paper examines the concept of contingency planning needed in case of serious incidents, i.e. floods, fires, malfunction or Information Security, etc., looking at the management's responsibility to recover from such incidents in the minimum amount of time, with minimum disruption and at minimum cost. The examples of various crisis and contingency management techniques used by British Airways are considered discussing what they could have done to handle Terminal 5 crisis better.

 

KEYWORDS: British Airways, Crisis Management, Least cost planning scenario planning, contingenc,