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Question:
React to one of the Top Ten Competences for professional Emergency Management (i.e. Leadership and Team Building) discussed by Wayne Blanchard and the three documents listing traits of Emergency Management leaders. Then, use at least three scholarly references to support your critics. (Basically, you are going to write at least 350 words about “quality of good leadership in emergency management in a graduate school standard).
Below are the Blanchard discussion of Leadership and Team-Building and the three documents of the traits.
Readings
Leadership and Team-Building
The necessity of good leadership is another obvious lesson to be tragically relearned yet once again in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Especially, but not just, in the immediate pre-impact and early response phases, leadership is needed – not just an ability to provide a command presence, but the demonstration of vision, compassion, flexibility, imagination, resolve and courage.4 Without leadership, bureaucratic organizations and their personnel will tend to stay within more or less business as usual bureaucratic systems and methods of operation. It takes a leader to break down these barriers to expeditiously move people and resources to where they are needed. Leadership is also needed in the hard-to-sell mitigation, reduction, prevention arena of emergency management – to seek to create an culture of disaster prevention and preparedness. Leadership means fighting for resources so that not only good risk assessments can be made, plans developed, people trained and systems exercised, but equipment, facilities, supplies can be procured which allow plans to be implemented. Without resources, even the best laid plans are but fairy dust.
Document One:
Outline of Core Competencies to Develop Successful 21st Century Hazard/Emergency Managers
Personal, Interpersonal and Political Skills, Traits and Values
a. Listening, Communicating (oral and written – superior level) and Presentation Skills
b. Networking, Facilitating, Partnering, Coalition-Building, Community Consultation
c. Negotiating, Mediation, and Conflict Resolution Skills
d. Representational, Marketing, Salesmanship Skills – Visible, Engaged, Effective
e. Bureaucratic, Organizational, Public Policy and Political skills
f. Committed, Dedicated, Enthusiastic, Reliable, Imaginative, Creative
g. Diverse Social/Cultural/Class/Special Needs/Disadvantaged Sensitivity and Activity
h. Leadership and Motivational Skills – walks the talk, compassionate, has integrity
i. Proactive, Progressive, Open to Change and New Ideas, Life-Long Learner
j. Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
k. Flexibility, Adaptability and Improvisational Skills
l. Strategic (long term) thinking and planning, visionary, ability to anticipate
etc
Document Two:
Top Ten Things BWB Would Look For in 21st Century Professional Emergency Manager
Philosophy: Disaster Reduction through Building Disaster Resilient Communities
A People-Person – Personable with people-oriented skills, traits, and values e.g., communicating, networking, representational, customer service oriented
Politically Savvy – Organizational, Community, EM “System” – knows importance of partnerships, networking, inclusiveness, and flexibility
A Leader -- who walks the talk and demonstrates integrity and compassion.
A Professional, with Executive-Level Administrative and Management Skills
A Visionary -- Strategic, Big-Picture Thinker, Strategic Planning Ability
Motivated and Energetic – Positive attitude hard worker – can motivate others
Hazards Foundation and Legal, Ethical, Social, Economic, Ecological, Political Contexts
Technical Skills and Standards, e.g., computers, GIS, research, analysis, evaluation
Has Experience – And Learned From It – Successful at Improvisation
Document Three:
Expanded Outline of Competencies for Successful 21st Century Hazard/Emergency Managers
PERSONAL SKILLS, TRAITS, ABILITIES AND VALUES
Committed, Dedicated, Reliable, Hark-Working
Imaginative, Creative, flexible, can improvise
Enthusiastic
Proactive, Self-Starter, Displays Independent Initiative, Willing to Take Risks
Progressive, Open to Change, New Ideas and Research Findings, Flexible, Adaptable
Life-Long Learner
Problem Solving – knowing the rational thinking processes that assist problem-solving
Demonstrated Decision Making Skills, Decisive
Ethical, Responsible, Tolerant, Demonstrates Integrity, Promotes Diversity, Inclusive
Compassionate
Can Apply Lessons Learned
Ability to Respond Appropriately to Criticism, Advise, Guidance, Direction
Can Function Under Stressful Conditions
Intellectual Versatility – ability to recognize, explore and use a broad range of ideas and practices – thinking logically and creatively without undue influence from personal biases
Demonstrates Sound Judgment and Discretion
Can Obtain, Evaluate, Analyze, Synthesize, Organize Data and Information
Customer Service Oriented
RESPONSE FORMAT
Spread your response to:
Discussion question: 'React' to Blanchard's Top Ten, specifically item #2 and the three documents listing traits of EM leaders.
Context:…
Analysis:………….. and
Summary:………
References