Abstract
This chapter reviews the theories relating to the concept of crisis management in organizations. The first section describes an overview of management concepts in general. It is then followed by a review of mainstream theories in organizations which had evolved from the traditional organizational theories into systems and contingency theories. Other essential concepts relating to the organization such as complexity, and change are also discussed in this section. Furthermore, the chapter continues to describe crisis management, its definition, history of development and its main concepts.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Supriadi, L.S.R., Sui Pheng, L. (2018). The Management of Crisis. In: Business Continuity Management in Construction. Management in the Built Environment. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5487-7_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5487-7_2
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-10-5486-0
Online ISBN: 978-981-10-5487-7
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)