Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector (Routledge Masters in Public Management)

Book Format: Paperback
Language: English
Author: Lynn T. Drennan
Brand: Routledge
Edition: 2nd
Binding: Paperback
Number of Pages: 286
Release Date: 22-12-2014
EAN: 9780415739696

Details:
Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector, Second Edition responds to the growing challenges faced by public sector organizations globally. Every decision made by managers and policy-makers requires an evaluation and judgment of risks. As risks can never be fully prevented, public managers must also be crisis managers. This book recognizes the challenges posed by crises, which often escalate rapidly and transform through the interdependencies of modern society, such as the global financial crisis, volcanic ash cloud, Fukushima disaster, and natural calamities like earthquakes and floods.

The second edition is the only guide that combines lessons on both risk and crisis management for public managers and students. It equips readers with the knowledge and skills needed to understand key issues, debates, and capacity-building to better prepare for, respond to, and recover from crises.

This updated edition includes contemporary case studies, a stronger focus on international, trans-boundary, and multi-agency dimensions of risk and crisis management. These changes reflect the increasingly global and interdependent nature of governance today.