| Author(s): | Garnett, JL; Kouzmin, A |
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2007 |
| Available at: | www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118485150/abstract (report broken link)
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| Description: | This article argues that cognition is central to performance in emergency management. Using the case of Hurricane Katrina to illustrate the collapse of the standard model of emergency management without a clear focus on the role of cognition, the authors reframe the concept of intergovernmental crisis management as a complex, adaptive system. That is, the system needs to adjust and adapt its performance to fit the demands of an ever-changing physical, engineered and social environment. A reframed intergovernmental crisis management system may be conceived as a dynamic inter-organizational system. |
| Language(s): | English |
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| Communities: | General |
| Subtopic: | Phase 6 - Response Phase 7 - Recovery Channels of Communication Message Content Emergency Decision Making Phase 3 - Warning Building Knowledge Phase 2 - Preparedness Natural Disasters |
| Target Audience: | Emergency Planners & Managers; Public Health Professionals; Local/Community; Researchers; Policymakers |
| Resource Type: | Journal Article |
| Citation: | Garnett, JL; Kouzmin, A. (2007). “Communicating throughout Katrina: Competing and complementary conceptual lenses on crisis communication.” Public Administration Review: Administrative Failure in the Wake of Katrina, 67, 171-188. |
| Contact Info: | James L. Garnett: E-mail: garnett@camden.rutgers.edu
Alexander Kouzmin: E-mail: akouzmin@scu.edu.au |