Communicable Crises: Prevention, Response, and Recovery in the Global ArenaDeborah E. Gibbons This volume makes a significant contribution to the crisis management literature. It also adds to our inchoate understanding of network governance: temporary teams and task forces, communities of practice, alliances, and virtual organizations. It hints that the distinction between networks and organizations may be somewhat spurious, a matter of degree rather than kind. Indeed, it seems that this distinction may derive more from mental models in which we consistently reify organizations than anything else. Finally, the volume emphasizes the functional importance of leadership in network governance and puzzles over its provision in the absence of hierarchy. As such, it adds to the contributions made by Marc Granovetter (1973), John Seeley Brown and Paul Duguid (1991), Bart Nooteboom (2000), Paul J. DiMaggio (2001), John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt (2001), Laurence O’Toole and Ken Meier (2004), and others, as well as Nancy Roberts’ seminal work on wicked problems and hastily formed teams. The result is a product the editor and the contributors can be proud of. Overall, it is one that will edify, surprise, and delight its readers. |
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3 Technological Transformation of Logistics inSupport of Crisis Management | 47 |
4 Improving Disaster Management Through StructuredFlexibility Among Frontline Responders | 83 |
The December 26 2004 Sumatran Earthquake and Tsunami | 137 |
The United Kingdoms Response tothe BSE Epidemic | 169 |
7 Maximizing the Impact of Disaster Response byNonprofit Organizations and Volunteers | 203 |
8 How Governments Can Help Businesses Weather aCataclysmic Disaster | 241 |
A Case Study of SARS | 265 |
10 Constraints on the US Response to the 911 Attacks | 301 |
Lessons FromADB in the Past Decade | 323 |
12 Synthesizing Perspectives on Management ofCommunicable Crises | 353 |
About the Authors | 375 |
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