Organizational

Disaster
Management &CMP

INTRODUCTION TO
DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
Disaster not only refers to traumatic situation but
also persons reaction to an event
The word CRISIS in chinese means danger &

opportunity
Disaster affects various sections of society i.e
Business & government
Educational institute
family

TYPES OF DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTER
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
PRODUCT OR SERVICE FALIURE
CAPACITY
PUBLIC RELATIONS
LEGAL
BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT (CORPORATE)

INTRODUCTION TO
ORGANIZATIONAL DISASTER
Disaster
Goal of disaster management.

DEFINITION OF ORGANIZATIONAL DISASTER:Pearson and Clair define organizational disaster as:

An organizational disaster is a low probability, high
impact event that threatens the viability of an
organization and is characterized by ambiguity of
cause, effect, and means of resolution as well as
by belief that decisions must be made swiftly.

Types of organizational
disaster
Extortion

Product and computer tampering

Security breach
Natural disaster that disrupts a major product or service.
Natural disaster that destroys organizational information base
Terrorist attack
Copyright infringement
PR disasters etc.

STAGES IN DISASTER
MANAGEMENT:Pre disaster planning- an ounce of

prevention: scanning

the sources of risk.

Disaster doesnt start from big.
Use probability, adjusted risk
assessment.

Disaster itself prevent the bad

situation from becoming worse
Act quickly and decisively
Put people first
Inform top management

ASAP
Communicate liberally

Post disaster or recovery

Move quickly time is not ur frnd during

disaster
Gather facts continoually
Communicate relentlessly
Use project management
techniques
Be a leader

 Core group of decision makers.

Members must be knowledgeable of the

business to identify hostile situation.

What additional skills are needed to handle it

successfully

Crisis really exists.