MASTER IN INTERNATIOANAL COMMUNICATION The role of the leader in managing a crisis: Case Study “The Truth is that no one factor makes a company admirable. But if you were forced to pick the one that makes the most difference‚ you’d pick leadership.” (Warren Bennis‚ 1998) Leadership is today`s most contreversial and commented topic. Do we really know what leadership is all about? Today leadership is becomming a more and more a demanding task. John Kotter (2001)‚ a leadership expert
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS Name: Rasheed Akewusure Student no: 2710157 Module Reference Number: BAF-7-GFM.1 Module Coordinator: Dr. Carolina Valiente Word Count: 3‚997 Abstract The U.S. stock market experienced the worst bear market in its history since the Great Depression during the October 9‚ 2007-March 9‚ 2009 period. The stock market crash was mainly caused by the U.S. banking sector crisis in 2008. As a result of this crisis‚ the U.S. financial sector has received considerable attention
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THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIA BY: SALEH LAWAL DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION A. B. U. ZARIA NIGERIA Abstract This paper is set out to examine the challenges posed by the Global Economic crisis on government’s efforts of poverty reduction in Nigeria. Data used for the study came from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data were gathered through the instrument of questionnaire administered to 55 units
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Understanding the causes of 2007-09 ‘financial crisis’…and the UK government’s response- An essay by Shirumisha Kwayu Posted on 18/04/2013 by Aikande Kwayu Note to the reader: This is the first entry that is not written by me (i.e. Aikande Kwayu). The blog is now inviting entries by interested people…if you think you may have something to share please feel free to email me. And now…let’s learn a bit about the recent financial crisis and how the UK government responded. It’s important to understand
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What Does Financial Crisis Mean? A situation in which the value of financial institutions or assets drops rapidly. A financial crisis is often associated with a panic or a run on the banks‚ in which investors sell off assets or withdraw money from savings accounts with the expectation that the value of those assets will drop if they remain at a financial institution. nvestopedia explains Financial Crisis A financial crisis can come as a result of institutions or assets being overvalued‚ and
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In the module I learned that crisis intervention is not an easy task. “Crisis intervention refers to the methods used to offer immediate‚ short-term help to individuals who experience an event that produces emotional‚ mental‚ physical‚ and behavioral distress or problems”(). The process of crisis intervention was best understood by me when i found the SAFER-R Individual Crisis Intervention Roadmap. This breaks down crisis intervention into five steps: Stabilize‚ Acknowledge‚ Facilitate understanding
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Selection of Topic: Energy Crisis is a shortfall in or interruption to the provision of energy supplies. The planet is progressively marching towards a serious electric energy crisis‚ owing to an escalating desire of electric energy becoming greater than its supply. We have always accepted that the energy we make use of each day is not unrestricted‚ still we take it for granted. Coal‚ petroleum‚ electrical power‚ even water has inadequate availability. Nevertheless‚ we have not taken sufficient
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Managing crisis before they happen What every executive needs to know about Crisis Management Ian I. Mintroff Amacom ISBN 0-8144-0563-0 Crisis-management : dealing with humancaused disasters – a permanent and prominent feature of today’s societies. Because these kind of disasters are not inevitable‚ the general public is extremely critical of organizations who are held responsible for the crisis. Eliminating crisis completely is impossible but Ian Mintroff argues that a company can
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FINANCIAL CRISIS: WHERE DID RISK MANAGEMENT FAIL? Gabriele Sabato Royal Bank of Scotland1 Abstract The real estate market bubble and the subprime mortgages have been often identified as the causes of the current financial crisis‚ but this is not entirely true or‚ at least‚ they cannot be considered as the main cause. A poor regulatory framework based on the belief that banks could be trusted to regulate themselves is among the main sources of the crisis. At the same time‚ risk management
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previous crisis of Mattel included that the products were tainted with lead paint and that some of the products had loose little magnets. Both of these faulted products could have caused harm to the children. This is why it was decided to recall all these products and take measured to prevent this from happening in the future. Various stakeholders were affected by this crisis‚ for example parents‚ children‚ manufacturers and investors. Which is why Mattel had to come with a strong crisis communication
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