Crisis preparation and building organizational resilience
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 6:34 pm
Dear Colleagues:
I’m developing a new course, A Systems Approach to Crisis Preparation and
Building Organizational Resilience, and am looking for any materials or class
session ideas any of you might have, as well as any research, models, or
general information on the topic.
It’s a Masters level course offered through the Center for Organizational
Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania. The principal purpose of the course
is to prepare students so that they and the groups and organizations they lead
can successfully weather organizational crises and adversities.
Some themes I would like to explore include:
• Planning so as to avoid, mitigate, or, if necessary, manage a crisis
• How to audit vulnerabilities (and crisis preparedness)
• Models of resilience
• What to do what to do before, during, and after a crisis
• How to build resilience into a system
• How to inoculate to protect against depression and demise
• How to identify what is most important and how to safeguard it
Thank you in advance for any materials or suggestions.
Steve
From: Steve Freeman <stfreema@sas.upenn.edu>
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Steven F. Freeman
Center for Organizational Dynamics
University of Pennsylvania
Land: (215) 898-6967
Cell: (215) 802-4680
Fax: (215) 898-8934
I’m developing a new course, A Systems Approach to Crisis Preparation and
Building Organizational Resilience, and am looking for any materials or class
session ideas any of you might have, as well as any research, models, or
general information on the topic.
It’s a Masters level course offered through the Center for Organizational
Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania. The principal purpose of the course
is to prepare students so that they and the groups and organizations they lead
can successfully weather organizational crises and adversities.
Some themes I would like to explore include:
• Planning so as to avoid, mitigate, or, if necessary, manage a crisis
• How to audit vulnerabilities (and crisis preparedness)
• Models of resilience
• What to do what to do before, during, and after a crisis
• How to build resilience into a system
• How to inoculate to protect against depression and demise
• How to identify what is most important and how to safeguard it
Thank you in advance for any materials or suggestions.
Steve
From: Steve Freeman <stfreema@sas.upenn.edu>
--
Steven F. Freeman
Center for Organizational Dynamics
University of Pennsylvania
Land: (215) 898-6967
Cell: (215) 802-4680
Fax: (215) 898-8934