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Using the disaster crunch/release model in building organisational resilience

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  • Elwood, Alan

    (Risk and Resilience Ltd, UK)

Abstract

Systems or process models aim to simplify a specific problem by isolating the major influencing factors (although at the expense of other factors). By so doing, they aim to enable their users to predict how systems or processes will behave as those pre-selected criteria alter. They are of course limited, as they do not fully represent reality, and their effectiveness degrades as social phenomena are included; nonetheless, they are helpful in guiding understanding. The field of organisational resilience already boasts certain models, such as the cultural web and the 7Cs of crisis management. This paper, however, argues that other models from related fields can aid resilience planning. In particular the paper takes the crunch/release model for disaster management, and explores how a model developed to assist with the management of major emergencies in nation states can help organisations to build resilience. The paper will describe the model and then adapt it to cater for the tangible, intangible and social or cohesive factors of organisational resilience. By using this model to understand these resilience components, organisations can gain clarity on what ultimately determines their own resilience levels and therefore how best to enhance that resilience.

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  • Elwood, Alan, 2009. "Using the disaster crunch/release model in building organisational resilience," Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 3(3), pages 241-247, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jbcep0:y:2009:v:3:i:3:p:241-247
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    1. Khan, Huda & Ozkan, Kubilay S.L. & Deligonul, Seyda & Cavusgil, Erin, 2024. "Redefining the organizational resilience construct using a frame based methodology: A new perspective from the ecology based approach," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).
    2. Novia HAFNIDAH & Aurik GUSTOMO & Eko Agus PRASETIO, 2022. "Developing an Organizational Resilience Model for Engineering Consulting Companies in Indonesia: New Findings from a Leadership and Organizational Culture Perspective," Management and Economics Review, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 7(3), pages 266-283, October.

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    Keywords

    resilience; crunch; release; recovery; models; culture; preparedness;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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