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What is a crisis?
What is a crisis?
- A sequence of events with positive outcome
- A planned event with desirable consequence
- An evolving change with urgent problem
- An unplanned event with undesirable consequence (correct)
What are the common elements in most definitions of crisis?
What are the common elements in most definitions of crisis?
- Security, predictability, and short decision time
- Threat, surprise, and short decision time (correct)
- Opportunity, surprise, and long decision time
- Opportunity, predictability, and long decision time
What is a common feature of crisis management?
What is a common feature of crisis management?
- No sense of loss of control
- Lack of urgency in decision-making
- Identification of someone to blame (correct)
- Long decision time
What is the purpose of crisis management?
What is the purpose of crisis management?
How does a major crisis affect an organization?
How does a major crisis affect an organization?
What are the urgent demands faced in a crisis?
What are the urgent demands faced in a crisis?
What is one of the objectives of Crisis Management?
What is one of the objectives of Crisis Management?
What is an example of a Natural (cataclysmic) event as mentioned in the text?
What is an example of a Natural (cataclysmic) event as mentioned in the text?
Which type of crisis involves disputes?
Which type of crisis involves disputes?
What is the first stage in Mitroff’s Stages of Crisis Management Model?
What is the first stage in Mitroff’s Stages of Crisis Management Model?
How can organizations prepare to manage a crisis according to the text?
How can organizations prepare to manage a crisis according to the text?
What should organizations do after analyzing possible consequences of potential crises?
What should organizations do after analyzing possible consequences of potential crises?
What does CMT stand for in the context of Crisis Management?
What does CMT stand for in the context of Crisis Management?
Why is it important for organizations to narrow their crisis-risk list?
Why is it important for organizations to narrow their crisis-risk list?
What is the primary purpose of crisis management?
What is the primary purpose of crisis management?
Which of the following is a common element in most definitions of crisis?
Which of the following is a common element in most definitions of crisis?
What is a key feature of crisis management as mentioned in the text?
What is a key feature of crisis management as mentioned in the text?
What is the impact of a major crisis on an organization?
What is the impact of a major crisis on an organization?
What does crisis management involve according to the text?
What does crisis management involve according to the text?
In what way does a crisis differ from other events according to the text?
In what way does a crisis differ from other events according to the text?
What is a primary objective of Crisis Management?
What is a primary objective of Crisis Management?
Which type of crisis involves events that have special meaning to individuals and only individual suffers?
Which type of crisis involves events that have special meaning to individuals and only individual suffers?
What is a key feature of Misconduct Crisis?
What is a key feature of Misconduct Crisis?
What is the third stage in Mitroff’s Stages of Crisis Management Model?
What is the third stage in Mitroff’s Stages of Crisis Management Model?
What should organizations do after analyzing possible consequences of potential crises?
What should organizations do after analyzing possible consequences of potential crises?
What is a common type of Natural (cataclysmic) event mentioned in the text?
What is a common type of Natural (cataclysmic) event mentioned in the text?
Why is it important for organizations to narrow their crisis-risk list according to the text?
Why is it important for organizations to narrow their crisis-risk list according to the text?
What are the types of personal crisis mentioned in the text?
What are the types of personal crisis mentioned in the text?
What is the purpose of performing a SWOT analysis according to the text?
What is the purpose of performing a SWOT analysis according to the text?
What is an example of a Technology breakdown crisis as mentioned in the text?
What is an example of a Technology breakdown crisis as mentioned in the text?
