Collaboration and Leadership for Effective Emergency Management

Autor: Gregory Streib, William L. Waugh
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Public Administration Review. 66:131-140
ISSN: 1540-6210
0033-3352
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00673.x
Popis: Collaboration is a necessary foundation for dealing with both natural and technological hazards and disasters and the consequences of terrorism. This analysis describes the structure of the American emergency management system, the charts development of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and identifies conflicts arising from the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the attempt to impose a command and control system on a very collaborative organizational culture in a very collaborative sociopolitical and legal context. The importance of collaboration is stressed, and recommendations are offered on how to improve the amount and value of collaborative activities. New leadership strategies are recommended that derive their power from effective strategies and the transformational power of a compelling vision, rather than from hierarchy, rank, or standard operating procedures.
Databáze: OpenAIRE