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Achieving Agility in Disaster Management

Achieving Agility in Disaster Management
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Author(s): John R. Harrold (Virginia Polytechnic and State University, USA)
Copyright: 2009
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 11
Source title: International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM)
Editor(s)-in-Chief: Víctor Amadeo Bañuls Silvera (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain)and Murray E. Jennex (San Diego State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/jiscrm.2009010101

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Abstract

A significant body of social science research has concluded that improvisation in distributed, collaborative, open systems is the key to success in responding to and recovering from extreme events. The evolution of emergency management in the United States since the 9-11 attacks has emphasized the development of doctrine, process, and structure. In earlier work I concluded that both the agility desired by the social sciences and the discipline created by the professional practitioners are essential. This article explores how agility can be developed within a disciplined system and concludes that the keys are the development of outcome based goals, adaptive leadership, and technology that supports collaborative sense-making and decision making in open, organizational systems.

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