20th Anniversary of 9-11: Corporate Disaster Preparedness, Lessons Learned, and Ways Forward

This paper deals with security crisis and disaster management and some effective approaches companies should take to deal with these issues. The paper is based on selected interviews of some of the leading multinational companies in North America namely: American Express, Husky Injection Moulding Sy...

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Main Authors: Stefane Kabene, Said Baadel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IJMADA 2021-08-01
Series:International Journal of Management and Data Analytics
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Online Access:https://ijmada.com/index.php/ijmada/article/view/7
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description This paper deals with security crisis and disaster management and some effective approaches companies should take to deal with these issues. The paper is based on selected interviews of some of the leading multinational companies in North America namely: American Express, Husky Injection Moulding Systems Ltd., and Johnson & Johnson with the aim of learning from their experience on how they dealt with their crisis situations in real life post September 11 events. The companies differed in size or the type of crisis they experienced yet there were similar underlying themes that led to their successful recovery. Two-tier strategy that focused on different aspects of the business, a flexible contingency plan, a training program, an effective backup communication system, and a strong commitment to disaster preparedness in the corporate culture all contributed to their disaster management plans. It is our hope that this paper can provide guidance to HR and corporate management upon experiencing a disaster, an opportunity to learn, prepare, and respond effectively and efficiently to mitigate crisis through the lessons learnt from these three multinational corporations.
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spelling doaj-art-c89036277efe4b2b99549ae0316dc3002025-01-20T15:45:31ZengIJMADAInternational Journal of Management and Data Analytics2816-93952021-08-01293710.5281/zenodo.11657312720th Anniversary of 9-11: Corporate Disaster Preparedness, Lessons Learned, and Ways ForwardStefane Kabene0Said Baadel1Canadian University Dubai, U.A.ECanadian University Dubai, U.A.EThis paper deals with security crisis and disaster management and some effective approaches companies should take to deal with these issues. The paper is based on selected interviews of some of the leading multinational companies in North America namely: American Express, Husky Injection Moulding Systems Ltd., and Johnson & Johnson with the aim of learning from their experience on how they dealt with their crisis situations in real life post September 11 events. The companies differed in size or the type of crisis they experienced yet there were similar underlying themes that led to their successful recovery. Two-tier strategy that focused on different aspects of the business, a flexible contingency plan, a training program, an effective backup communication system, and a strong commitment to disaster preparedness in the corporate culture all contributed to their disaster management plans. It is our hope that this paper can provide guidance to HR and corporate management upon experiencing a disaster, an opportunity to learn, prepare, and respond effectively and efficiently to mitigate crisis through the lessons learnt from these three multinational corporations.https://ijmada.com/index.php/ijmada/article/view/7corporate commitmentcrisis managementcorporate disaster preparednesstwo-tier strategy
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20th Anniversary of 9-11: Corporate Disaster Preparedness, Lessons Learned, and Ways Forward
International Journal of Management and Data Analytics
corporate commitment
crisis management
corporate disaster preparedness
two-tier strategy
title 20th Anniversary of 9-11: Corporate Disaster Preparedness, Lessons Learned, and Ways Forward
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title_short 20th Anniversary of 9-11: Corporate Disaster Preparedness, Lessons Learned, and Ways Forward
title_sort 20th anniversary of 9 11 corporate disaster preparedness lessons learned and ways forward
topic corporate commitment
crisis management
corporate disaster preparedness
two-tier strategy
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