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CRISIS MANAGEMENT

CRISIS MANAGEMENT. Key issues. Crisis Management. Crisis management is the process by which an organization deals with a major unpredictable event that threatens to harm the organization, its stakeholders, or the general public. Elements of a Crisis.

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CRISIS MANAGEMENT

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  1. CRISIS MANAGEMENT Key issues

  2. Crisis Management Crisis management is the process by which an organization deals with a major unpredictable event that threatens to harm the organization, its stakeholders, or the general public

  3. Elements of a Crisis Three elements are common to most definitions of crisis: • a threat to the organization, • the element of surprise, • a short decision time • a need for change

  4. Crisis management - 1 Crisis management consists of: • Methods used to respond to both the reality and perception of crises • Establishing metrics to define what scenarios constitute a crisis and should consequently trigger the necessary response mechanisms. • Communication that occurs within the response phase of emergency management scenarios

  5. Crisis Management - 2 The credibility and reputation of organizations is heavily influenced by the perception of their responses during crisis situations

  6. Crisis Management - 3 * respond to a crisis in a timely fashion makes for a challenge in businesses. * must be open and consistent communication throughout the hierarchy to contribute to a successful crisis communication process.

  7. Types of Crises • Natural disasters • Malevolence • Technical breakdowns • Human breakdowns • Challenges • Mega-damage • Organizational misdeeds • Workplace violence • Rumors

  8. Crisis Management Technological crises • caused by human application of science and technology • when technology becomes complex and coupled and something goes wrong in the system as a whole (Technological breakdowns)

  9. Crisis Management Crises of organizational misdeeds - when management takes actions it knows will harm or place stakeholders at risk for harm without adequate precautions

  10. Crisis Management Types of crises of organizational misdeeds: • crises of skewed management values • crises of deception • crises of management misconduct.

  11. Crisis Management Crisis management model - Gonzalez-Herrero and Pratt 95 • Successfully diffusing a crisis requires an understanding of how to handle a crisis – before it occurs • issues management • planning-prevention • the crisis • post-crisis

  12. Contingency Planning • Plan in advance • Rehearse via simulation • Stipulate who the spokesperson is • Speed and efficiency in response to crisis • Offer accurate information or it will backfire • Plan offers info and guidance to help decision makers deal with long-term effects of decisions

  13. Role of apologies in crisis management • Controversial - for fear of legal outcomes • Evidence says that a compensation and sympathy are effective • True contrition includes sympathy for victims and offers of compensation to offset losses or suffering

  14. TOYOTA – CRISIS MANAGEMENT FAILURE Toyota’s communication strategy: “Too little, too late” Beyond the quality problem Toyota mismanaged the crisis

  15. TOYOTABasic Rules Violated • For senior mgmt: crises must become their #1 priority immediately. • Integrity of firm threatened - immediate hands-on control of CEO/team • Sticking accelerators in 2008 - not treated as a serious matter

  16. TOYOTABasic Rules violated Find facts & solutions fast: • Toyota managers at first in denial • accepted a ‘patch’ (remove floor mats), not solution • when crisis exploded -- engineering solution/stopped production • Even today no one outside of Toyota knows what the real problems are – open to speculation and rumors

  17. TOYOTA Basic rules violated Communicate fully and accurately: • to all constituents to sustain trust • err on side of protecting consumers & maintain trust with a recall What Toyota did: hushed problem and hoped it go away

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