1st Edition

Strategies, Leadership and Complexity in Crisis and Emergency Operations

By Stig Johannessen Copyright 2018
    174 Pages
    by Routledge

    174 Pages
    by Routledge

    Strategies, Leadership and Complexity in Crisis and Emergency Operations will bring together the main themes of strategy, operational leadership, organizational dynamics and complexity in the context of crisis and emergency operations; creating a book that is timely and relevant for research and leadership in emergency services, the police, military and other organizations involved in operations in highly dynamic and critical contexts.

    Based on two recent Scandinavian cases, Strategies, Leadership and Complexity in Crisis and Emergency Operations identifies theoretically generalizable dimensions in the discussion of emerging strategies and leadership in complex, uncertain and dynamic situations during crisis and emergency operations. The book will offer original material and discussions from these cases on how strategies, leadership and organizational dynamics evolve during crisis and emergency operations - and further link these to existing international cases and research

    In light of theories and fields of knowledge emphasising complex organizational dynamics, discussions are coupled with examples from different organizations and countries. The knowledge fields draw on a wide range of new organizational complexity research, and insights from more established work. The intention is to integrate established and recent organizational research in order to understand dynamic practices of organizations during crisis and emergency operations.

    1. Introduction

    Part One: The Police in National Emergency

    2. Terror in Norway

    3. Panic and Collapse of Hierarchy

    4. Collapse of Leadership and Coordination

    Part Two: Complexity and Practice

    5. Organizational Practices and Leadership

    6. Communication

    7. Power, Identity, and Ethics

    Part Three: The Military in International Crisis

    8. From the Arctic to Libya

    9. Strategy Theory

    10. Network Strategies and Complexity

    11. War Without strategy: Was it a Success?

    Part Four: Comparisons and Conclusions

    12. Police and Military Cases Compared: Organizational Practices

    13. Police and Military Cases Compared: Strategy

    14. Conclusions

    Biography

    Stig O. Johannessen is Professor of Organization and Leadership at Nord University, Norway.