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2004

Anthrax

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Overcoming Resistance To Change: An Analysis To The Department Of Defense's Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program, Irene C. Johnson Jun 2004

Overcoming Resistance To Change: An Analysis To The Department Of Defense's Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program, Irene C. Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this research was to investigate the impact of change on organizations, in the absence of a preparedness program and to develop strategies for overcoming resistance to change, in the midst of a proposed initiative that has become stalled as a result of mistrust and cynicism. The results of this research suggests a framework of management techniques that will offer leadership approaches to resurrecting a stalled change initiative and overcoming personnel's resistance to a proposed change project, in order for the project to be more widely accepted. A series of personal interviews and focus groups, a qualitative method …


Training And Preparedness In The Age Of Bioterrorism, Joanne Marie Couperus-Greene Jan 2004

Training And Preparedness In The Age Of Bioterrorism, Joanne Marie Couperus-Greene

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to examine the relationship between observed strengths and problems in two previous bioterrorism exercises and correlate them to strengths and problems observed during the Amerithrax Outbreak in the fall of 2001. The focus of the project was to identify parallels between the Amerithrax Outbreak and the tabletop exercises.