Crisis Management Team Paper

There are three elements that must be in place for the crisis management team to be successful in case of a crisis: the right leadership, the structure and resources that are needed to accomplish the crisis response and containment, and finally, broad public support for the organization (Crandall, Parnell, & Spillan, 2013).

The first element to make a successful crisis management team would be to make sure I employed a superior from each department. I would prefer for the employee to have either years of experience or a college degree in the related field. I have met people that have 15 plus years of experience in a trade that know more about the current times unlike someone who graduated from college, however, there ones who graduated from college with a degree hold more knowledge. I would also maintain a point of contact in each department. The superior from each department would inform the point of contact about the latest news, whether crisis related or non-crisis related.

Everyone on the crisis management team needs to ensure the proper training, knowledge, and skills to others on the team. As leader of the crisis management team, I would want to make sure each superior informed the point of contact in each department of any training that needed to be conducted. If a crisis did occur, the organization would be on the same page. By holding weekly meetings with the superiors and the point of contact, this allows employees in each department to know what is going on with the organization and aware before the media. If each superior brought suggestions and ideas, even examples of crises that may occur in a specific department, the organization may be ready for a crisis that may occur (Watkins,