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Crisis Communication and Crisis Management: An Ethical Approach is the only text on the market to provide students with the integration of ethical inquiry into the fundamentals of crisis communication. Authors Burton St. John III and Yvette E. Pearson combine comprehensive coverage of the key skills, concepts, and theories of crisis communication with an extensive collection of contemporary case studies, giving students a strong understanding of the essential role that communicators play in moments of crisis. Students are encouraged to build upon their communication and ethical decision making skills using a variety of stakeholder inventories, hypothetical scenarios, discussion questions, and professional profiles. Students will also gain exposure to a mixture of discrete and ongoing crises, preparing them to manage both one-time crises and continuing crises.

1. The European Union as a global conflict manager : capabilities and context in an interdependent world / Richard G. Whitman and Stefan Wolff -- 2. The institutional nature of the EU as a global conflict manager / Carmen Gebhard -- 3. Transforming CSDP for global conflict management / Alistair J.K. Shepherd -- 4. The role of the EU as a conflict manager in Cyprus / James Ker-Lindsay -- 5. Sub-Saharan Africa : a priority region for EU conflict management / Gorm Rye Olsen -- 6. The EU and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Asaf Siniver -- 7. The limits of EU conflict management in the case of Abkhazia and South Ossetia / Richard G. Whitman and Stefan Wolff -- 8. The EU in Afghanistan / Eva Gross -- 9. The EU as a reluctant conflict manager in Moldova / Claire Gordon -- 10. EU conflict management in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia / Annemarie Peen Rodt and Stefan Wolff -- 11. The EU special representatives as a capability for conflict management / Cornelius Adebahr -- 12. EU performance in military conflict management / Annemarie Peen Rodt -- 13. EU performance in civilian crisis management / Nicoletta Pirozzi -- 14. The EU as a global conflict manager : reflections on the past, perspectives for the future / Richard G. Whitman and Stefan Wolff.

Thoroughly revised and updated, the fifth edition of The Effective Public Manageroffers public administrators and students a classic resource and a highly-accessible guide to the fundamentals of leading and managing public organizations. In this new edition the authors cover the key areas of the field and present in-depth analysis through the strategic use of fresh case studies and real-world examples. The book is designed to give real-world managers and aspiring managers the information and tools needed to meet the demands of their jobs directly rather than working around the constraints of government. The Effective Public Manageroffers a proven approach to implementing efficient management tools in a dynamic political, organizational, economic, and technological context.New to this editionInformation on the transformation of media, both traditional and socialAn analysis of the changing nature of work and privatization trendsAn examination of national security and the current thinking regarding accountability, transparency, and crisis communicationAn online instructor's guide, which includes discussion questions and updated PowerPoint slides Steven Cohen is executive director and COO of Columbia University's Earth Institute and professor in the Practice of Public Affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs.William Eimicke is professor in the Practice of International and Public Affairs and founding executive director of the Picker Center for Executive Education at Columbia University. Tanya Heikkila is associate professor and doctoral program director at the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado, Denver.

The continuation of China's successful rise depends considerably on the capacity of the Chinese government to prevent and manage a wide range of potential and actual crises, which could, if mishandled, have serious adverse consequences for China. These potential crises are both domestic - where the example of the collapse of the Soviet Union is well understood and remembered in China - and, increasingly, as a result of China's ever closer involvement in the global system. This book presents a comprehensive overview of crisis management in China, and examines China's mode of managing economic

"Islamic Banking will be about the nature of risk in Islamic banking and the regulatory framework which includes capital adequacy, corporate governance, transparency and risk associated with Islamic banking. The book will cover materials about Islamic banking and also will show how each of these issues defers from the non-Islamic Banking, shading light on the effect of the global economic crisis on Islamic banks vs. conventional banks. It will discuss history and development, the nature of risk, the importance and role of capital, corporate governance and transparency, the salient features of Islamic banking that distinguishes it from non-Islamic banking, and the development of the regulatory bodies and supervisory agencies that support the Islamic banking system. The book will try to give answers to questions such as: Is the existing regulatory framework sufficient enough to - Ensure safe and sound banking system? Face the inherent risk associated with Islamic banking? Prevent systemic risk in the banking system? The book concludes with discussions on (1) the relationship between the Islamic banking regulators and the western regulators, and (2) the obstacle and challenges from regulatory prospective that faces the Islamic banking"--

"Islamic Banking will be about the nature of risk in Islamic banking and the regulatory framework which includes capital adequacy, corporate governance, transparency and risk associated with Islamic banking. The book will cover materials about Islamic banking and also will show how each of these issues defers from the non-Islamic Banking, shading light on the effect of the global economic crisis on Islamic banks vs. conventional banks. It will discuss history and development, the nature of risk, the importance and role of capital, corporate governance and transparency, the salient features of Islamic banking that distinguishes it from non-Islamic banking, and the development of the regulatory bodies and supervisory agencies that support the Islamic banking system. The book will try to give answers to questions such as: Is the existing regulatory framework sufficient enough to - Ensure safe and sound banking system? Face the inherent risk associated with Islamic banking? Prevent systemic risk in the banking system? The book concludes with discussions on (1) the relationship between the Islamic banking regulators and the western regulators, and (2) the obstacle and challenges from regulatory prospective that faces the Islamic banking"--

An indispensable handbook for assisting clients in crisis and in their journey toward healing Integrating practical training with both research and theory, Fundamentals of Crisis Counseling offers students and professionals proven hands-on techniques to assist clients in recovery from crisis and towards an eventual return to their day-to-day lives. Written in the author's gentle yet purposeful voice, this reader-friendly guide is filled with lessons on current evidence-based counseling, how to operate as a client stress manager, and information on finding resources that facilitate client res

A moving, cross-national account of working mothers' daily lives-and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve themThe work-family conflict that mothers experience today is a national crisis. Women struggle to balance breadwinning with the bulk of parenting, and stress is constant. Social policies don't help. Of all Western industrialized countries, the United States ranks dead last for supportive work-family policies: No federal paid parental leave. The highest gender wage gap. No minimum standard for vacation and sick days. The highest maternal and child poverty rates. Can American women look to European policies for solutions? Making Motherhood Work draws on interviews that sociologist Caitlyn Collins conducted over five years with 135 middle-class working mothers in Sweden, Germany, Italy, and the United States. She explores how women navigate work and family given the different policy supports available in each country.Taking readers into women's homes, neighborhoods, and workplaces, Collins shows that mothers' desires and expectations depend heavily on context. In Sweden-renowned for its gender-equal policies-mothers assume they will receive support from their partners, employers, and the government. In the former East Germany, with its history of mandated employment, mothers don't feel conflicted about working, but some curtail their work hours and ambitions. Mothers in western Germany and Italy, where maternalist values are strong, are stigmatized for pursuing careers. Meanwhile, American working mothers stand apart for their guilt and worry. Policies alone, Collins discovers, cannot solve women's struggles. Easing them will require a deeper understanding of cultural beliefs about gender equality, employment, and motherhood. With women held to unrealistic standards in all four countries, the best solutions demand that we redefine motherhood, work, and family.Making Motherhood Work vividly demonstrates that women need not accept their work-family conflict as inevitable

This book studies the variety of organizational strategies selected to cope with critical uncertainties during crises. This research formulates and applies an institutional sense-making model to explain the selection of strategies for coping with uncertainties during crises to answer the question why some organizations select a rule-based strategy to cope with uncertainties, whereas others pursue a more ad hoc-based strategy. It finds that the level of institutionalization does not affect strategy selection in the initial phase of responding to crises; that three rigidity effects can be identified in the selection of sense-making strategies once organizations have faced the failure of their selected strategies; that discontinuities in the feedback loop of sense-making do not necessarily move organizations to switch their sense-making strategies, but interact with institutionalization to contribute to switching sense-making strategies. This book bridges the gap between institutional thinking and crisis management theorizing. A major step forward in the world of crisis management studies!----Professor Arjen Boin, Leiden University, the NetherlandsIn a world of increasingly complex, sociotechnical systems interacting in high-risk environments, Professor Lu's analysis of how organizations manage uncertainty is both timely and profound.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Understanding the Role of Government in Crisis Response and Recovery Efforts -- 1.3 Summary of Chapters in the Volume -- References -- 2: The Rules of the Game and Post-Disaster Rebuilding and Recovery -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Importance of Clear Rules -- 2.3 Government and the Rules of the Game After Disaster -- 2.3.1 The Importance of Clear Rules That Are Known in Advance -- 2.3.2 Protecting Private Property -- 2.3.3 Allowing Local Actors to Step In -- 2.4 Conclusion -- References -- 3: Government as Gardener: Cultivating the Environment for Private Sector Natural Disaster Response -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Civil Society and the Private Sector -- 3.3 The Rules of the Game -- 3.4 Doing No Harm and Keeping Promises -- 3.4.1 First, Do No Harm -- 3.4.2 Keep Your Promises -- 3.5 The Role of Decentralization -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- 4: The Role of the Local Emergency Manager in a Centralized System of Disaster Management -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Centralization of Payment for Emergency Management and Disaster Expenses -- 4.3 The Emergency Manager -- 4.3.1 Demographics, Education, and Skills -- 4.3.2 Actions Related to Funding -- 4.3.3 Potential Scenarios -- 4.4 Threats to Local Autonomy and Analysis of the Scenarios -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- 5: Recognizing Vulnerability and Capacity: Federal Initiatives Focused on Children and Youth Across the Disaster Lifecycle -- 5.1 Prologue -- 5.2 Introduction -- 5.3 Social Vulnerability, Children, and Disasters -- 5.4 Top-Down Approaches to Engaging Children and Youth in Disasters: A Summary of Federal Programs -- 5.5 Top-Down Approaches to Engaging Adults and Organizations in Child-Focused Risk Reduction: A Summary of Federal Guidance.

1. The birth and evolution of the club of Rome : early identification of a global crisis -- 2. A new way of thinking : the MIT study The limits to growth -- 3. How have the concepts and doctrines of sustainability changed? -- 4. Intergovernmental action 1972-2012 : from Stockholm to Rio plus 20 -- 5. Planetary boundaries : doomsday prophecies or scientific projections? -- 6. A crisis of institutions : how to manage our interconnected future -- 7. Overcoming the crisis of mind and action : creating new institutions and strategies for a global emergency -- 8. The future : thinking big about global institutions and world governance -- 9. Epilogue : what should be done?.

An expose on the delusion, greed, and arrogance that led to America's credit crisis The collapse of America's credit markets in 2008 is quite possibly the biggest financial disaster in U.S. history. Confidence Game: How a Hedge Fund Manager Called Wall Street's Bluff is the story of Bill Ackman's six-year campaign to warn that the 2.5 trillion bond insurance business was a catastrophe waiting to happen. Branded a fraud by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times, and investigated by Eliot Spitzer and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ackman later made his investors more than 1 billion

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- About the Book -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Russia Today: Economy -- 1: Russia: A Giant in Figures -- 2: Political System and Administrative Structure -- Structure of State -- Administrative Structure -- Political System: Main Structure -- Executive Power -- Role of President in Russia -- National Government -- Legislative Powers -- The Federal Council of Russia -- The State Duma -- Factions and Political Parties -- Political Parties -- Judicial System -- Conclusion -- INSIGHT: What factors are influencing Russian politics? -- INSIGHT: Putin´s 2020 Constitutional Amendments -- Reference -- 3: Economic Structure -- GDP Development -- GDP Structure -- Regional GDP Structure -- Public Debt to GDP -- Wealth Distribution and Living Standards -- Trade -- Foreign Direct Investment -- Challenges -- References -- 4: Economic Clusters and Regional Policy -- Clusters and Cluster Initiatives in the Russian Federation: The Picture Today -- Skolkovo: Government-Created Clusters Within a Centralized Innovation Center -- Taking Stock: The Russian Cluster Observatory -- The Pilot Innovative Cluster Program on Its Way to Internationalization -- Challenges and Opportunities Between Past and Future -- Centralization -- State Dominance -- Traditional Separation of University and Science-Based Innovation/Start-Ups -- Relevance for Foreign Investors and Outlook -- References -- 5: Transport Infrastructure -- Density and Quality -- Railroads -- Roads and Highways -- Airports -- Seaports -- Pipelines -- Funding and State Monopolies -- Reference -- 6: Competitiveness -- The Ruble´s Influence on Competitiveness -- The New Industrial Policy -- Outlook -- 7: Trading in Times of Sanctions and Protectionism -- Introduction -- The Crisis in Ukraine and Its Aftermath.

This book presents a crisis scenario generator with black swans, black butterflies and worst case scenarios. It is the most useful scenario generator that can be used to manage assets in a crisis-prone period, offering more reliable values for Value at Risk (VaR), Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR) and Tail Value at Risk (TVaR). Hazardous Forecasts and Crisis Scenario Generator questions how to manage assets when crisis probability increases, enabling you to adopt a process for using generators in order to be well prepared for handling crises.Evaluates risk-oriented philosophy, forecast risk-oriented philosophy and its processesFeatures scenario-building processes, with an emphasis on main and extreme scenariosDiscusses asset management processes using a generator methodology to avoid risk understatement and increase optimization.

Clinical nurse managers face a multitude of challenges daily--managing a budget, interpersonal conflicts among staff, policy and structural changes, and many more. Using the concise "Fast Facts" format, this guide provides quick access to insights, strategies, and tools for resolving some of today's most challenging issues for nurse managers. . . This book delineates the roles and responsibilities of nurse managers in the rapidly changing health care system. It also provides useful strategies for creating a healthier work environment, which improves nurse retention. Reade