The corona pandemic will lead to considerable economic cuts and further destabilise systems and orders Covid-19 is merely a dynamization factor in a period of global change Existing systems and regulations will therefore continue to be challenged The consequences of the change of times could be mitigated by value capitalism With the help of the value market economy, the world can be made more crisis-resistant, more stable and also fairer
El presente artículo expone el ejercicio del planeamiento estratégico y la prospectiva como una herramienta imprescindible en el ejercicio de la gerencia moderna esto dado por los escenarios de incertidumbre y complejidad que se vislumbran en los diferentes sectores económicos. Algunos aspectos que se consideran al estudiar estas incertidumbres son las dimensiones ambientales, económicas, sociales, políticas y aquellas intrínsecas asociadas a las propias características del ser humano. Lo expresado en este documentos forma parte de un trabajo de investigación que se viene realizando por los autores en cooperación con la cámara de comercio de Cartagena de indias y la gobernación de Bolívar ; en el que se pretende demostrar la importancia del estudio de los escenarios futuros que coadyuven a tomar mejores decisiones en el ejercicio de la toma de decisiones y la gerencia en PYMES; resalta la importancia de esta metodología y la utilización de alternativas estratégicas de carácter contingencial para definir políticas institucionales en momentos de crisis que coadyuvan al desarrollo económico y social de la región. ; This article exposes the exercise of strategic planning and foresight as an essential tool in the exercise of modern management, given by the scenarios of uncertainty and complexity that can be seen in the different economic sectors. Some aspects that are considered when studying these uncertainties are the environmental, economic, social, political dimensions and those intrinsic associated with the characteristics of the human being. What is expressed in these documents is part of a research work that has been carried out by the authors in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce of Cartagena de Indias and the government of Bolívar; In which it is intended to demonstrate the importance of studying future scenarios that contribute to making better decisions in the exercise of decision-making and management in SMEs; highlights the importance of this methodology and the use of contingent strategic alternatives to define institutional policies in times of crisis that contribute to the economic and social development of the region.
The new identified virus COVID-19 has become one of the most contagious diseases in human history. The ongoing coronavirus has created severe threats to global mental health, which have resulted in crisis management challenges and international concerns related to health issues. As of September 9, 2021, there were over 223.4 million patients with COVID-19, including 4.6 million deaths and over 200 million recovered patients reported worldwide, which has made the COVID-19 outbreak one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. The aggressive public health implementations endorsed various precautionary safety and preventive strategies to suppress and minimize COVID-19 disease transmission. The second, third, and fourth waves of COVID-19 continue to pose global challenges to crisis management, as its evolution and implications are still unfolding. This study posits that examining the strategic ripostes and pandemic experiences sheds light on combatting this global emergency. This study recommends two model strategies that help reduce the adverse effects of the pandemic on the immune systems of the general population. This present paper recommends NPI interventions (non-pharmaceutical intervention) to combine various measures, such as the suppression strategy (lockdown and restrictions) and mitigation model to decrease the burden on health systems. The current COVID-19 health crisis has influenced all vital economic sectors and developed crisis management problems. The global supply of vaccines is still not sufficient to manage this global health emergency. In this crisis, NPIs are helpful to manage the spillover impacts of the pandemic. It articulates the prominence of resilience and economic and strategic agility to resume economic activities and resolve healthcare issues. This study primarily focuses on the role of social media to tackle challenges and crises posed by COVID-19 on economies, business activities, healthcare burdens, and government support for societies to resume businesses, and implications for ...
Europe is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II, and the Mare Nostrum has become the path that millions of people are using to flee from the armed conflict, especially since the Syrian war began in March 2011. In this sense, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 1,014,973 people arrived to Greece, Italy and Spain by sea in 2015. Nevertheless, the Mediterranean area has become the scene of not only a humanitarian crisis but also citizens' solidarity. In this sense, Proactiva Open Arms, an NGO mostly formed by lifeguards, has helped 135,000 people to reach the coast safely, 10,273 of whom sailed in wandering boats. Of these individuals, 475 fell into the water and 9,067 were trapped on the cliffs. Proactiva Open Arms' work has driven European and Greek authorities to respond to refugees. In this paper, we analyse through this case how solidarity among civil citizens can change political actions and encourage other citizens to act in solidarity, as part of the H2020 European funded research project SOLIDUS.
Proceedings der Konferenz "STRATEGICA - International Academic Conference - Fifth Edition : Shift. Major Challenges of Today's Economy", vom 28-30 September 2017 in Bucharest, Romania.
Europe is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II, and the Mare Nostrum has become the path that millions of people are using to flee from the armed conflict, especially since the Syrian war began in March 2011. In this sense, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 1,014,973 people arrived to Greece, Italy and Spain by sea in 2015. Nevertheless, the Mediterranean area has become the scene of not only a humanitarian crisis but also citizens' solidarity. In this sense, Proactiva Open Arms, an NGO mostly formed by lifeguards, has helped 135,000 people to reach the coast safely, 10,273 of whom sailed in wandering boats. Of these individuals, 475 fell into the water and 9,067 were trapped on the cliffs. Proactiva Open Arms' work has driven European and Greek authorities to respond to refugees. In this paper, we analyse through this case how solidarity among civil citizens can change political actions and encourage other citizens to act in solidarity, as part of the H2020 European funded research project SOLIDUS.
This research study will examine how labor manages productivity advances and crisis response in both the United States and Germany's automobile manufacturing sector, particularly in the context of technological application, workplace organization, and the political economies of both countries. In the US, labor is increasingly challenged through reductions in the workforce and lower wages while in Germany, labor has remained resilient even during the global economic crisis of 2008. This paper utilizes in-depth interviews with key actors in the automotive industry, field research at automotive plants, and an examination of relevant literature and data. Among the areas examined are automation, workforce training regimes, institutional factors, and outsourcing.
Before the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, Somalia's economy was on an upward trajectory, recovering from the 2016/17 drought. The economy grew at an estimated rate of 2.9 percent in 2019, on par with population growth, and was projected to grow at 3.2 percent in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted Somalia's economic recovery. The crisis will have a large negative impact on real GDP growth in 2020, affecting the economy through a combination of supply and demand shocks. As a result of shutdowns, global supply chains have disrupted imports of consumption and capital goods from Somalia's trading partners (mainly China, the United Arab Emirates, India, Turkey, and Oman); cancellations of the 2020 Hajj and export bans by Saudi Arabia have tamped down demand for exports (mostly live animals); and the global recession and travel restrictions/flight suspensions are limiting remittance flows into Somalia. The economy, which is driven mainly by the private sector, is exposed to increased business vulnerabilities, interruption of supply chains, decreased capital and venture inflows, diminished access to financing, and shortages of basic raw materials. The pandemic is projected to push the economy into contraction, increase fiscal pressures, and deepen poverty in 2020. The economy is projected to contract by 2.5 percent in 2020. A slowdown in economic activities, declining remittances, falling exports, and the government-mandated closures of airports and businesses to contain the spread of the virus are reducing household income. Household consumption will fall sharply and rapidly with supply disruptions. Panic buying led to an uptick in prices in an economy that depends on imports even for food products at the start of the pandemic, but this has eased.
In: Fragouli , E & Kolonia , M 2016 , ' Managing crisis or crisis in crisis management? The influence of crisis on Greek and foreign companies that operate in Greece ' Hellenic Open Business Administration Journal , vol 2 , no. 2 , pp. 61-100 .
The austerity packages that have been implemented in Greece since 2010 have been a factor causing political and social turbulence in the country. The present study investigates the influence of crisis on companies that operate in Greece and examines how this has been managed till now. An empirical study to a sample of employees working in Greek and foreign companies that operate in Greece demonstrates the preparedness or lack of preparedness of these companies and the implementation of possible crisis management plans and policies during the Greek economic crisis. The findings indicate that most of the Greek companies were not prepared and do not manage the crisis successfully. Foreign companies have managed the stressful situation more successfully. The paper suggests that crisis management requires strategic actions to be taken towards a desirable resolution to the problem. Managers have to develop organizational systems and be able to detect early warning signals and enable them to be better prepared for crisis events. This study has also shown that a crisis in managing crisis situation is possible to happen, when companies and corporate management teams do not develop crisis management plans on time.
This Comment addresses the growing concern that the incompatible forces of shrinking budgets and increased caseloads are leading to ineffective domestic violence case management, particularly in prosecutors' offices. With so many cases and so few resources, prosecutors need tools to discern which cases should have priority. Recognizing that risk assessment tools have many drawbacks, this Comment advocates for development of a risk assessment tool that can help prosecutors determine which cases to pursue and assist them in making other pretrial determinations. Part II of this Comment provides a background on domestic violence research and isolates the issues that arise in the context of case screening. Part III examines the risk assessment tools currently used in domestic violence cases. Part IV addresses the drawbacks and advantages of using risk assessment tools for case management. Finally, Part V advocates for a useful, but cautious, risk assessment tool for use by prosecutors in case management.
Die Corona-Pandemie stellt die Europäische Union (EU) vor vielfältige Herausforderungen und erzeugt neue Informationsbedarfe. Qualitativ hochwertige Statistiken sind gerade in Krisenzeiten eine wichtige Grundlage für faktenbasierte Entscheidungen. Um den neuen Anforderungen gerecht zu werden, bedarf es daher einer engen Zusammenarbeit. Der Artikel zeigt, welche Lösungen die europäischen Staaten entwickelt haben und wie sich die Zusammenarbeit im Europäischen Statistischen System angesichts der Krise gestaltet. Diese Erkenntnisse bilden auch die Grundlage für das Arbeitsprogramm der deutschen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft 2020 im Bereich Statistik. Der Beitrag erläutert daher in einem zweiten Schritt, wie das Statistische Bundesamt die Erfahrungen aus der Corona-Pandemie auch längerfristig in konkretes Handeln umsetzen will. ; The coronavirus pandemic has created a wide range of challenges for the European Union (EU) and given rise to new information needs. High-quality statistics are an important basis for fact-based decisions, especially in times of crisis. Meeting the new challenges and needs requires close cooperation. This article shows the solutions developed by the European countries and describes cooperation within the European Statistical System in the light of the crisis. The work programme of the German EU Council Presidency 2020 in the field of statistics is based on the relevant insights. Therefore the article also explains how the Federal Statistical Office intends to apply the lessons learned during the coronavirus pandemic in its work in the longer run.
A new crisis is looming, and perhaps more strongly to the experience in 2008, which as is well known scenes of panic believe in global stock markets and declines in the real sector of the economy, the effects remain latent in many economies Euro and North America. The crisis now emanating from the fiscal imbalances, especially those countries that have failed to intelligently manage their fiscal accounts as a result of this, some are already on the verge of insolvency, as is Greece in the Euro Zone. In the same way there are other economies such as Italy and why not also say U.S. countries that have been punished with lower grades for their compliance credits. these results, given the globalization of markets will not stay there but that play consistently to other economic areas such as the Americas, including Peru, as no kind of economy could argue that you can be immune when crises occur this type, called a sovereign crisis. To worsen the debt crisis, the effects will be highly detrimental to the economy, so governments warrants redesign their global public policy to keep its fiscal accounts and total economic stability. ; Una nueva crisis se avecina, y quizás sea con mayor fuerza a lo experimentando en el 2008, que como bien se conoce creo escenarios de pánicos en las bolsas globales y retrocesos en el sector real de la economía, cuyos efectos aún permanecen latentes en muchas economías del Euro y también Norteamérica. La crisis ahora emanan de los desequilibrios fiscales, especialmente de aquellos países que no han sabido administrar con inteligencia sus cuentas fiscales, producto de ello, algunos ya se encuentran ad porta de la insolvencia económica, tal como lo es Grecia en la Zona del Euro. En este mismo camino se encuentran otras economías como Italia y porque no decir también EE.UU. países que han sido castigados con menores calificaciones para sus cumplimientos crediticos. estos resultados, dada la globalización de los mercados no se quedan allí sino que se reproducen sistemáticamente a otras espacios económicas como son las Américas, entre ellos el Perú, ya que ningún tipo de economía podría argumentar que se puede sentir inmune cuando se presentan crisis de este tipo, llamada crisis soberana. De agravarse esta crisis de deuda pública, los efectos serán altamente pernicioso para las economías, por ello amerita que los gobiernos rediseñen sus políticas públicas globales a fin de mantener sus cuentas fiscales y económicas en total estabilidad.
This communication analyzes the situation of six multinational companies' policy of "social responsibility" and of "sustainable development". The purpose of this communication is to define how these companies, especially the subsidiaries, are socially responsible and take into account environmental issues. This exploratory and qualitative study is based on the analysis of official discourse of six firms and those of human resources managers. We highlight different types of "social responsibility", the "stakeholders" that are taken into account by companies and the means implemented to achieve the policies of "sustainable development" and of "social responsibility". Our purpose is to show, beyond the official discourse, which role the subsidiaries play and which autonomy they have in their policies' implementation. We wonder in conclusion about the hypothesis that a new way of human resource management of organizations is likely to appear through this new "social responsibility" and, conversely, if the new management involves the emergence of a new social responsibility. We will show that the types of responsibility, shown through the web site and in the HR discourses, are "ethic" (stands for the respect of the values, the standards and the requirements that stakeholders find fair) and "economic" ( focuses on the production of goods and services). Those classifications depend on the firm's sector. The Human Resources can be more regardful for the legal aspects or for the political aspects, especially in crisis situation. The human resources play different roles and highlight different priorities: respect of fundamental values, actions of the subsidiary that are presented as models, transparent communication, gather the employees around values and projects… ; Peer reviewed
The contingency theory of conflict management and current crisis management literature are integrated in this paper to examine how crisis has been communi-cated and managed by the Singapore government and what kinds of strategies arose during the various stages of the SARS crisis life-cycle. Findings show that the Singapore government played a predominant role in managing how its multiple publics perceived the crisis by extensive communication through the news media. The media, in turn, playing a supporting nation-building role, assisted the government's management and communication of the crisis. To effectively manage the perception and emotion of the various public, the government had recourse to more accommodative stances. Accommodation embedded in advocacy was the operational approach adopted by the govern-ment in order to move its multiple publics in the same strategic direction along an continuum of accommodation.
