Decision making in emergency management /

Examines decisions the authors have made over their careers based on their combined training, experience and instinct. Through a broad range of case studies, readers discover how experience impacts decision-making in conjunction with research and tools available. While the use of science, data and i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Glarum, Jan F. (Author), Adrianopoli, Carl (Author)
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, [2020]
Subjects:	Emergency management. Decision making. Medical emergencies. Decision Making Emergencies Prise de décision. Urgences médicales. decision making. Decision making Emergency management Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction to decision making for emergency managers in perspective
The military decision making process
A short history of the study of decision making
Decision making in emergencies, disasters, and catastrophic events
Common mistakes in decision making during events
Money is not the problem or solution
Does the National Incident Management System (NIMS) really work for major event management?
Silos will get someone killed
None of us are as smart as all of us
Global approaches to disaster management
Additional case studies.