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The Sky Is Falling, But Not For The Reason You Think, Mark Y. Herring
The Sky Is Falling, But Not For The Reason You Think, Mark Y. Herring
Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications
n case you missed it, the world is about to come to an end. I’m not a scryer or a doomsayer, nor am I especially prescient. But judging from the hysteria surrounding the Apple phone/FBI case, one can only conclude that the world is coming to an end, the sky is falling, civilization as we know it is coming to an end if Apple loses its gallant fight for the little millions who bought its phones.
A Pilot Study Of High-Stakes Decision-Making For Crisis Leadership, Terry Lynn Oroszi
A Pilot Study Of High-Stakes Decision-Making For Crisis Leadership, Terry Lynn Oroszi
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High-stakes decision-making represents a critical component of crisis leadership. This study examined the decision-making processes practiced by global, national, and local crisis leaders to identify common decision-making process traits and propose a useful model to guide crisis leaders high-stakes decision-making. This research suggested the hypothesis is correct and inexperienced crisis leaders may benefit from a potential new decision-making model better aligned with the experiences of a panel of national and global crisis decision-making experts. Crises have distinct factors: they are time sensitive, pose significant risks, and require consequential decisions. A sample group of fifteen national and international expert crisis leaders …