Greece‚ 14-16 September 2006 A Six-step process for effective Crisis Management in the Port Industry EVANGELOS KOUNOUPAS‚ University of Piraeus‚ Department of Maritime Studies‚ 40‚ Karaoli & Dimitriou Str.‚ 185 32‚ Piraeus – Greece‚ Tel: +30 210 414 2535‚ Fax: +30 210 414 2569‚ Email: kounoupa@unipi.gr‚ kounoupa@ath.forthnet.gr ABSTRACT Crises often appear to be inevitable for a number of reasons. Traditional crisis management theory distinguishes between environmental factors and internal
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Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management Volume 17 Number 1 March 2009 Enhancing Organizational Resilience Through Emergency Planning: Learnings from Cross-Sectoral Lessons Margaret T. Crichton*‚ Cameron G. Ramsay** and Terence Kelly*** *People Factor Consultants Ltd‚ 41 Regent Quay‚ Aberdeen AB11 5BE‚ UK. E-mail: margaret@peoplefactor.co.uk **Cogna Limited‚ Aberdeen‚ UK ***UKAEA‚ The Manor Court‚ Chilton‚ Oxfordshire‚ OX11 ORN After every emergency exercise or actual incident‚ reports
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Crisis management: framework incorporating quality issues Introduction The 2007-09 financial crisis was the most serious such event since the Great Depression. The crisis manifested itself in credit losses‚ write-downs‚ liquidity shocks‚ deflated property values‚ and a contraction of the real economy. The sharp contraction in U.S. gross domestic product in 2009 traced to the adverse effects of the crisis on household consumption and business Investments. In the housing sector‚ banks took advantage
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A) The year 2003‚ started off fine and well just like other years‚ but it didn’t last for long. In the month of February‚ came devastating news that shocked the Nation. It was identified as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The disease was contracted by young woman who had holidaying abroad. SARS virus spread rapidly and several fatal cases were reported. Apart from Singapore‚ several other neighbouring countries were also affected by the SARS virus. It was a global epidemic. It was a
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Econometric Methods FIN5EME Semester 1‚ 2013 Assignment 2 Cobb-Douglas cost function: TCi = µQiβ2 pi1β3 pi2β4 pi3β5 (1) Where‚ TCi= Total Cost for firm i Q= Output of firm i pi1= Wage Rate pi2= Rental Price of Capital pi3= Fuel Price Taking the natural log of equation (1) log(TCi)= β1 + β2 log(Qi) + β3 log(pi1) + β4 log(pi2) + β5 log(pi3) + ei (2) where β1= (logµ) and ei= error term. Eviews Output of the log-log model is as follows: Dependent Variable:
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H. A. LOGEN & Sons Information Systems and Management Contents Executive Summary The reports sets about assessing HA Logens current business operation both in the UK and India‚ this done by utilising three analysis tools‚ SWOT analysis‚ PESTEL analysis and Porters Fiver Forces analysis. From the SWOT analysis the reports highlights several key points‚ which includes the potential of overseas sales in emerging economies and the benefits of having manufacturing faculties in
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regions‚ Regional‚ Confederation‚ Federation State Powers and Functions Legislative‚ Executive‚ Judicial‚ and International Nationalism Nation-State‚ Concept‚ Types‚ Nationalism and Globalization The Crisis of State The Nation-State crisis The welfare State crisis The crisis of power The crisis of the relation State-society Copyright Decree-Law nr 43/99/M of August 16‚ 1999‚ article 63 (2) - Copyright Law © Francisco Leandro‚ 2014 Comparative Political Systems Comparative Political Systems
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effective Managing Information System (MIS) Definition of MIS An organized approach to the study of the information needs of an organization’s management at every level in making operational‚ tactical‚ and strategic decisions. Its objective is to design and implement procedures‚ processes‚and routines that provide suitably detailed reports in an accurate‚ consistent‚ and timely manner. MIS is a general term for the computer systems in an enterprise that provide information about its business operations
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are the disciplines of information management‚ information technology‚ and informatics related? How do they differ? The disciplines of information management‚ information technology‚ and informatics are all related to contribution of information‚ contribution of computer‚ electronic technology‚ they contain information‚ collect information‚ have sources‚ also distribute information to the audiences. Information management-collection and management of information. Information technology-any technology
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Introduction: For TMA 05 information management I am going to analyse and critically evaluate the information systems that are in operation throughout my place of work Kestrel Foods. My goals are to identify the central technologies that are helping the functions within the business operate successfully. To achieve this I have been in contact with most departments with my chosen organisation to gain more knowledge on how information is processed throughout the company and how this information and the supporting
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