Transforming Disaster Response: Federalism and Leadership

ISBN-13: 9781420094640 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 198 str.

William Lester;Evan M. Berman

Opis

Much of the published work on disaster response has focused on specific disasters, highlighting what went wrong. Taking a new approach, this book explores using transformation leadership principles to change individuals and entire departments, redefining the way organizations approach disaster preparation and response, and as a consequence, change the mission of the organizations to be collaborative rather than competitive. Rather than focus on replacing people and/or centralizing responsibility, Lester takes readers through a step-by-step process of how to achieve collaboration. He includes implementation plans to make each concept into workable, effective strategies that can be use immediately.

Spis treści

1. The System under Stress [William Lester]  2. Visions of a Better Disaster Response System [William Lester]  3. Transformational Leadership and Collaborative Systems [William Lester]  4. NIMS, Federalism, and Support [William Lester]  5. The Need for Adaptation and Hurricane Sandy [Robert Wright, Michael Kemp, and William Lester]  6. Building Resilient Communities Before and After the Hurricanes [Michael A. Brown]  7. National Preparedness Agenda: A Call for Collaborative Networking? [Michael A. Brown]  8. Community Recovery: An Assessment of Community-based Resiliency Precursors [Robert Wright and Jacob J. Dickman]  Conclusion