Leadership Essay
There are four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Compose an essay focusing on: The influence and impact Emergency Management Leaders have on the mitigation phase and examine if there is correlation between a targeted focus on the mitigation phase and a better prepared community during a disaster. Please include an abstract and attempt to use the references below. If unable, all references must be from peer-reviewed journals. Do not use a hard copy of a book as a reference.
References
Eide, K. (2015). Leadership: Laying the foundation. Minnesota Fire Chief, 51(3), 20. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=100345094&site=eds-live&scope=site
Kim, M., Sharman, R., Cook-Cottone, C. P., Rao, H. R., & Upadhyaya, S. J. (2012). Assessing roles of people, technology and structure in emergency management systems: A public sector perspective. Behaviour & Information Technology, 31(12), 1147–1160. https://doi-org.ezproxy.umuc.edu/10.1080/0144929X.2010.510209
Sawalha, I. H., Shamieh, J. M., & Meaton, J. (2018). Little details that make a difference: A value-based approach to disaster management. Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 12(2), 180–102. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=134648916&site=eds-live&scope=site
Somers, S., & Svara, J. H. (2009). Assessing and Managing Environmental Risk: Connecting Local Government Management with Emergency Management. Public Administration Review, 69(2), 181–193. https://doi-org.ezproxy.umuc.edu/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2008.01963.x
Tadmor, B. (2004). Preparedness: Lessons learned from nature. Family & Community Health: The Journal of Health Promotion & Maintenance, 27(3), 191–192. https://doi-org.ezproxy.umuc.edu/10.1097/00003727-200407000-00005
The role of mitigation in reducing federal expenditures for disaster response: hearing before the Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session, May 14, 2014. (2014). Retrieved from http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgpr&AN=edsgpr.ocn900783865&site=eds-live&scope=site
