The competing pressures paradigm: A tool for improving emergency and continuity planning efficacy?

Tony Mcaleavy
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Tony Mcaleavy: Fire and Emergency Management Program, Division of Engineering Technology, Oklahoma State University, USA

Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 2020, vol. 13, issue 3, 265-277

Abstract: This paper introduces the competing pressures paradigm (CPP) — a conceptual model to improve the emergency and continuity planning process through enhanced organisational and societal pressure management. The CPP is a theory, a learning tool and a planner’s aide-memoire. It is designed to encourage critical reflection and proactive strategising to address five competing pressures in order to engender greater planning efficacy. Whereas planners typically focus on three core pressures — legislative compliance, organisational alignment (internal and external) and managerial preference — the CPP also focuses on two covert pressures, namely, usability and the needs of humanity and society. Accordingly, this paper explores all five of these constituent pressures to present a learning tool with both theoretical and practical applications for emergency and continuity management.

Keywords: emergency planning; continuity planning; organisations; competing pressures; visual methodology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 M10 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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