Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Type 4 Type 1
Mixed blessing Supportive
High
Strategy: Collaborate Strategy:
Involve
Type 3 Type 2
Low Non-supportive Marginal
Strategy: Strategy:
Defend Monitor
Monitor shifting coalitions
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Crisis Management
Approach- after crisis
First Approach: Pre-crisis Through
Resolution
According to this model, a crisis consists of
four stages:
Prodromal (pre-crisis) stage
Warning symptom
Acute stage (crisis occurs)
Point of no return
Chronic stage (lingering)
Self-doubt and self-analysis phase
Resolved stage (health restored)
Return to normalcy
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Crisis Management
recommendations
Suggestions that corporations can follow to
respond more effectively to crises include:
Face the problem
Take your lumps
Recognize that there is no such thing as a
secret or private crisis
Stage war games
Use the firm’s philosophy, motto, or mission
statement
Use the firm’s closeness to customers and end
users for early feedback