Making in Crisis Response Through Critical Thinking Support Jan Maarten Schraagen Josine G. M. van de Ven TNO Defence‚ Security and Safety ABSTRACT: In this study‚ we describe how to use innovative techniques to improve the decision-making process in crisis response organizations. The focus was on building situation awareness of a crisis and overcoming pitfalls such as tunnel vision and information bias through using critical thinking. We started by observing typical difficulties in crisis management
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1. Situation analysis 1.1 Analysis of the 7 Ps 1.1.1 Product Dr. Beckett’s and her team’s goal is it‚ to “provide superior dentistry in an efficient‚ profitable manner within the confines of a caring‚ quality environment” as they stated in their mission statement. According to the case study‚ they offer the complete range of dental care from simple teeth cleaning to complicated dental surgery and implants. 1.1.2 Price The practice is no member of one of the HMOs‚ because Dr. Beckett was not
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THE EUROPEAN TOUR OPERATORS CASE Table of contents Contents 1 PESTEL Analysis 4 1.1 Political Factors 4 1.2 Economic factors 4 1.3 Social Factors 5 1.4 Technological factors 5 1.5 Environmental Factors 5 1.6 Legal Factors 6 2 Porter’s Five Forces 6 2.1 Force.1 Threats of New entrants 6 2.2 Force.2 Threat of substitute products or services 6 2.3 Force.3 Bargaining power of buyers (Customers) 7 2.4 Force.4 Bargaining power of suppliers 7 2.5 Force.5 Intensity
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Unit 3‚ Area of Study 1 Global Actors Key Terms Nation Definition * A nation is a group of people connected by a distinguishing common social feature‚ such as language or religion. A nation does not necessarily have a form of government or geographic borders. Further explanation and example * Some nations have their own state‚ such as China‚ while others‚ such as Tibet‚ form a nation through a common cultural characteristic‚ without having a state. Key example * Nations
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Market Powers and Antitrust Practices The goals of antitrust laws are to make corporations compete fairly and are intended to prevent monopolies and encourage competition. A company that has market power can change prices to benefit their company. Other companies will follow their example. In the antitrust investigation against Apple‚ Inc.‚ Apple’s collusion with publishers increased its market power considerably‚ essentially high jacking the e-book market. With the ever-evolving technological
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Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman argue in the “Creativity Crisis” that the public’s creativity is decreasing and that it is important to try and start to increase the creativity in children. Creativity can be defined as the ability of a person to “think outside of the box” or to find an alternative way to see a problem. A class on creativity can not be created because people are born with creativity‚ it would hurt the school’s budget‚ and there is no way to measure a student’s creativity accurately
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CRISIS AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT The study of crisis and crisis management is a very vibrant field within public relations. There is a strong imperative for understanding crises and crisis management. All organizations should realize they are vulnerable to crises so they must prepare for the eventuality. Once management realizes crises are possible‚ it must grapple with what a crisis is and what constitutes crisis management. A crisis can be defined as "an unpredictable‚ major threat that can have
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Assignment 3: “Politics‚ Institutions‚ and Project Finance: The Dabhol Power Project.” Patricia Peele Dr. Hammad Elbedour Project Risk Management BUS 519 November 18‚ 2012 “Politics‚ Institutions‚ and Project Finance: The Dabhol Power Project.” Risk Breakdown Structure Prepare a risk Breakdown Structure assessing the main categories of risks. The risk breakdown structure is a hierarchical framework presenting possible sources of risk‚ used to structure risk identification and qualitative
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“Office Depot” The First Office Depot opened in 1986 in Lauderdale Lakes‚ Florida. The Office Depot is a global supplier of office products and services and has experienced a dramatic growth process over the past twenty-five years. In 1990 the Office Depot Companies bought “The Office Club Inc.”‚ and immediately became the largest office retailer in North America. Having built its business within the United States and having secured a firm business foundation‚ Office Depot expanded internationally
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Business Ethics Case Analysis Lance Caldwell Excelsior College Business Ethics Case Analysis Introduction The residential real estate market consistently fluctuates and as such‚ can create ethical concerns for those involved. The recession which followed the 2008 financial crisis resulted in a plethora amount of borrowers losing their homes to foreclosure (Shaw‚ 2012). This case study involves a decision to walk away from a mortgage‚ after learning about unethical
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