Citation

Neal DM, Phillips BD. Disasters 1995; 19(4): 327-337.

Affiliation

Institute of Emergency Administration and Planning, University of North Texas, Denton 76203, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8564456

Abstract

The command and control approach is compared with the Emergent Human Resources Model (EHRM) approach to emergency management. Four decades of systematic research shows that a rigid, bureaucratic command and control approach to emergency management generally leads to an ineffective emergency response. Previous studies and our own research suggest that flexible, malleable, loosely coupled, organizational configurations can create a more effective disaster response.

Language: en