Crisis Management

Crises—whether related to public health, the environment, security, or business—are often tests of an organization or agency’s leadership and management capacity. The cases in this section put students in the center of such scenarios, where careful decisions need to be made, sometimes quickly, with serious implications. Among the topics and skills covered are the forming of partnerships and coordinating across agencies, strategies for communication and decision-making, and the role of politics and policy.

  • Teaching Case - Rudy Giuliani: The Man and His Moment

    Rudy Giuliani: The Man and His Moment

    $3.95

    Publication Date: May 01, 2003

    In the hours and days following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks which destroyed New York's World Trade Center towers, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani distinguished himself, in the view of many, for his style of leadership. A combination...

  • Teaching Case - Threat of Terrorism (Epilogue)

    Threat of Terrorism (Epilogue)

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    Publication Date: February 01, 2002

    In December 1999, only weeks after protests at the annual meeting of the World Trade Organization sparked violent protests which rocked the city, Seattle public safety officials face a new threat. An Algerian man has been arrested trying to...

  • Teaching Case - Threat of Terrorism: Weighing Public Safety in Seattle

    Threat of Terrorism: Weighing Public Safety in Seattle

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    Publication Date: February 01, 2002

    In December 1999, only weeks after protests at the annual meeting of the World Trade Organization sparked violent protests which rocked the city, Seattle public safety officials face a new threat. An Algerian man has been arrested trying to...

  • Teaching Case - The City of Chicago and the 1995 Heat Wave (B)

    The City of Chicago and the 1995 Heat Wave (B)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 2002

    The heat wave that swept across the Great Plains and Midwest in mid July 1995 was one of the deadliest in U.S. history. Regarded as one of the worst disasters ever to strike the City of Chicago, it claimed 522 lives by one count, and 733 by...

  • Teaching Case - The City of Chicago and the 1995 Heat Wave (A)

    The City of Chicago and the 1995 Heat Wave (A)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 2002

    The heat wave that swept across the Great Plains and Midwest in mid July 1995 was one of the deadliest in U.S. history. Regarded as one of the worst disasters ever to strike the City of Chicago, it claimed 522 lives by one count, and 733 by...

  • Teaching Case - Anthrax Threats in Southern California

    Anthrax Threats in Southern California

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    Publication Date: May 1, 2000

    This case, one of a series written for the Kennedy School/US Department of Justice Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, explores the question of how law enforcement agencies should respond to a threat with the potential for catastrophe...