Disaster Management A Disaster can be defined as: A sudden accident or natural event that causes loss of life. The biggest problem with the disasters is the suddenness and swiftness with which they arrive. Disasters whether natural or man-made can strike at any time. The general response to a disaster is in terms of relief and rescue operations. If we are adequately prepared‚ its possible to severely reduce the impact of a disaster. The impact can be reduced through a good understanding
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responsible for the launch and NASA officials who signed off on the launch. The key weaknesses in the decision making of Challenger disaster are a combination of contributing pluralist approach in the organizational structure‚ corporate culture‚ managerial habits‚ and failure of both engineers and management to practice ethical responsibilities. NASA’s goals to launch a certain number of flights per year and to launch them on time had developed pressure for the individuals at NASA. This launch pressure
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT BECOMING A DISASTER MANAGER TOPICS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. ACCOUNT ON A DISASTER HAZARD DISASTER TYPES OF DISASTERS HAZARD TO A DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT PHASES OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT ON A DISASTER THE EARTHQUAKE OF 25 JANUARY 2001 IN GUJARAT‚ INDIA George Pararas-Carayannis Introduction On 25 January 2001‚ a major earthquake occurred in Gujarat‚ a prosperous industrial and agricultural state on India’s west coast‚ close to the border with Pakistan. The quake
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hillsborough disaster The Hillsborough disaster was an incident that occurred on 15 April 1989 at the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield‚ England‚ during the FA cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest soccer clubs. The crush resulted in the deaths of 96 people and injuries to 766 others. The incident has since been blamed primarily on the police. The incident remains the worst stadium-related disaster in British history and one of the world’s worst soccer disasters. soccer clubs
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catastrophic event occurred in Aberfan‚ South Wales. A coal slagheap collapsed after heavy rain. The water build up was too great‚ causing a massive landslide that killed 144 people. 116 of those were children. “The fast-moving landslide‚ which had been triggered by heavy rain‚ demolished a farm and 20 terraced houses as well as Pantglas Junior School” (Yahoo News UK). Roughly 80‚000 tons of debris changed the lives of so many forever. Picture The cause of the landslide was reportedly caused by two
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There is certain order in the world. The planets move in their orbit around the sun. The disasters which occur naturally are known as natural disasters. There are infinite natural disasters. Some of them are landslides‚ floods and volcanic eruptions. By taking the example of planets orbiting around the sun‚ the question rises that how do these devastating disasters occur? Floods occur in those areas which are closer to seas. Due to heavy rain‚ the sea water increases and spills out over the area
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2013 Challenger Disaster What went wrong? Challenger Disaster What went wrong? Table of Contents Intro 0 Body 0 Give It That Finishing Touch 0 Add a Table of Contents 0 Add a Bibliography 0 Get Started Right Away When you click this placeholder text‚ just start typing to replace it all. But don’t do that just yet! This placeholder includes tips to help you quickly format your report and add other elements‚ such as a chart‚ diagram‚ or table of contents. You might be amazed
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processed daily and bi-weekly for 10‚000 employees. After payroll is run‚ data is backed up using tapes. No firewall is in place‚ and e-mail is on the same server as payroll. XYZ Computers is located in the southern part of the United States in an area that receives heavy rain. During the weekend‚ a major water pipe broke and flooded the first floor. The water caused extensive damage to the servers‚ which were also on the first floor. Create a disaster plan to prevent this sort of problem from happening
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organizational culture in general‚ comment on the link between organizational culture and change. An organization’s current customs‚ traditions and general way of doing things are largely influenced by what has been done in the past and how successful it was in doing it. To adopt a new culture will definitely be a difficult task. Organization culture may become a barrier to change when the shared values are not in agreement with those entrenched culture in the organization. Each organization has its own
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Environmental Disaster Who would have known that on April 20th 2010‚ the United States would soon be facing the worst environmental disaster. On that fateful day‚ an offshore oilrig named the “Deepwater Horizon” suffered an explosion. Seventeen people were injured and eleven people died from the accident. The damaged oilrig sank into the Gulf of Mexico the next day‚ and a one-by-five mile oil slick appeared in the ocean. At the time‚ it was unknown whether the oil was from the rig or if the
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