Seminar "Organizational crisis preparedness and crisis communication"

On March 25th at 17:00 will take place the seminar "Organizational crisis preparedness and crisis communication" (with accent on external, macroeconomic and political shocks) by Davor Labas from the University of Zagreb (Croatia). [Class D11].

The outline of the speech is as follows:

– Key crisis preparedness and crisis communication activities

-       Crisis plans (purpose and effectiveness, types of crisis plans)

-       Crisis teams (defining crisis team members and setting member’s roles in crisis)

-       Early warning systems (crisis detection and sensing measures, crisis reporting and evaluation)

-       Communication in crisis (internal and external communication and its specifics, importance of crisis communication)

The purpose of the lecture is to introduce students to key crisis preparedness activities. Second crucial aspect of the lecture is to elaborate the importance of crisis communication, as well as provide recent eminent examples of crisis communication best practices.