Posted by
Tim Blessing on Saturday, March 15, 2008 7:56:37 PM
Crisis Management is the province of managers and leaders.
How do you learn Crisis Management?
Reading books in school at first, dealing with family issues, and preparing projects for school.
When you enter the work force as a manager you have to deal with problems as is rather than from a linear standpoint.
That's the main problem with George W. Bush he view's everything from an academic freedom standpoint.
You might say it start's with a syllabus, goes through each class in a course, following the layout of the textbook, and finish's with the final exam.
A Linear approach to management.
Crisis Management does not follow a predetermined course.
There are books put out on the subject by Harvard Business School and MIT Business School.
Its not an easy skill to acquire mainly its done through experience.
I deal with crises in my job on a nonstop basis. I have the radio turned on late at night to keep track of things.
McCain has the skill because he's been in crisis management for 50 years.
Nixon was a good crisis manager, except for Watergate.
Eisenhower had 50 years of crisis management experience.
Its based on what issues your interested in dealing with as a person. I could not deal with a classroom of students at any age, but they require a certain degree of crisis management.
Its being able to deal with the immediate problem when it come's out of nowhere.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities all have to match your chosen field to be able to deal with the issues presented to you.
Political Science give's you the broad command of issues, Management Programs give you the theory, and Human Resources teach's you how to deal with people of all types. Yes, the Military give's you a chance to develop practical skills to deal with all types of situations.