Crisis Preparation and Organizational Resilience

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This webpage emerges from the University of Pennsylvania course, "A Systems Approach to Crisis Preparation and Building Organizational Resilience" (DYN 672) The course,... more »
This webpage emerges from the University of Pennsylvania course, "A Systems Approach to Crisis Preparation and Building Organizational Resilience" (DYN 672) The course, website and discussion group are designed to help you and organizations you lead to weather organizational crises and adversities that you will inevitably face.

In today’s world the question is not whether an organization will experience crises; but rather will its leaders will have the commitment, foresight and skills to weather them. « less

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