Crisis Management for Boards

• Map the different types of crises that are potentially harmful • Distinguish unanticipated external social or economic crises, unanticipated internal managerial or technological crises, and internal crises stemming from known technological, economic, o...

• Delve into external crises include macroeconomic (financial, currency, and debt crises), health, and geopolitical crises • Understand the origins, transmission mechanisms, and impacts of these crise and what policies to track that can help mitigate cri...

• Analyse the role of social movements and political actions targeting specific firms or industries • Assess the impact and duration of social movements, and implications for corporate governance, and effective response strategies

• Identify and manage risks from internal activities, such as product or production technologies, management internal processes with risk of conflict, and managerial and employee misconduct • Focus on proactive risk assessment and the development of effe...

• Discuss what type of information collection helps the understanding internal and external stakeholders, and how responses to each crisis may have consequences for how the next crisis develops.

• Discuss the minimally costly processes and structures needed to prepare for crises and how they can be made general enough to meet different types of crises - because crises happen quickly, creating processes to organise for a crisis is too late when th...