Ulmer, Robert R.,

Effective crisis communication : Moving from crisis to opportunity. / Robert R. Ulmer. - 2nd ed. - Los Angeles : SAGE, 2011. - xvii,239 p.: ill.; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: The lessons: Defining crisis communication -- Lessons on managing crisis uncertainty -- Lessons on effective crisis communication -- Lessons on effective crisis leadership -- Applying lessons: Examples of success and failure in industrial accidents -- Examples of success and failure during outbreaks of food-borne illness -- Examples of success and failures in response to terrorism -- Examples of success and failure during natural disasters -- Examples of success and failure during financial crises -- The opportunities: Learning through failure -- Risk communication -- Responding to the ethical demands of crisis -- Crisis as inspiring renewal through effective crisis communication.

9781412980333 (cloth) 9781412980340 (pbk.)

2010033452


Crisis management.
Emergency management.
Communication in management.
Communication in organizations.

HD49.U44

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