A disaster is a sudden‚ calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human‚ material‚ and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources. Though often caused by nature‚ disasters can have human origins. There can be two kinds of disasters Natural Disaster –naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by onset events which can be geophysical (earthquakes‚ landslides‚ tsunamis
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Presented By: What is a Disaster? There is no particular definition for a Disaster. But we can define a disaster as a natural or manmade hazard resulting to physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the natural environment. Types of Disasters Natural Disasters: Earth quakes Tsunamis Floods Snow storms Manmade Disasters: Fires Nuclear accidents DEFORESTATION War Disaster Management Disaster management is the discipline that involves
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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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Check Your Understanding: 1. Whydowestudyethics? We study ethics because it provides for a stable society‚ and stable business practices. Ethics is a factor that affects a business’s success. Ethics also closely tie into law‚ which is why it is important to study ethics. Ethics keep your business legal‚ and socially responsible. Ethics are rules of behavior‚ and business ethics are rules of behavior in business. Without rules‚ we’d do things in our favor that might hurt consumers‚ and employees
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The Chief Information Officer Roles regarding Strategic Planning‚ Disaster Recovery‚ & Risk Management [pic] Chris Wyllie CIS 423 Dr. Ellis Chief Information Officer The Chief Information Officer (CIO) position was officially established by the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1969. From this piece of legislation‚ the CIO was given its official duties and responsibilities. They include Provision/Assistance to Senior Executives on IT Acquisition and Management
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Creative Destruction and the Aftermath of the Tsunami: Recovery of Southern Sri Lankan Small Business in the Face of Inertia Dr. C. Travis A. Perera Senior Consultant‚ Entrepreneurship‚ Business Development & Operations Management Postgraduate Institute of Management‚ Sri Lanka Telephone number: 94-777 756 109 Fax number: 94-11-2689643 Email: drtravisperera@gmail.com Paper Presented At the 5th International Entrepreneurship Forum held in Cape Town‚ South Africa from September 07-09-2005
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Mary Chalmers Johns English 1101 September 12‚ 2013 Recovery is Possible My mom has been an addict my entire life. It started in Rogers‚ Arkansas. That’s where my dad and mom met and had me and my little brother. One day‚ ten years ago‚ we finally made it to Georgia where my dad’s family lives. It was unexpected because we weren’t supposed to move until the summer time‚ but my dad knew what he was doing. My parents had divorce when I was three years old. Later‚ my mom had moved
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Dilemmas in Disaster. What’s a Nurse Manager To Do? Charlotte McKamie Texas A&M Administrative Theories NSG 520 Aune November ‚ 2012 Abstract This paper considers some of the ethical dilemmas that occur during disasters and how the chaos and desperation of those situations effect decision making for nurse managers. Dilemmas in Disaster. What’s a Nurse Manager To Do? In July of 2006‚ two nurses and a doctor were charged with murder as a result of their actions during Hurricane
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to build their employment as more than working with people Slade mentioned two types of recovery which are the personal recovery and the clinical recovery. Even though both aims at recovery‚ the distinction between the two are that the personal recovery aims at what the personal understanding of what recovery is which is hope‚ identity‚ meaning and personal responsibilities as against the clinical recovery which aims at the “invariant importance of symptomology‚ social functioning‚ relapse prevention
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