Greetings,
Now a growing and important research field, crisis
management—as a formal area of study—is relatively young, having
just emerged since the late 1980s following a succession of such calamities as
the Bhopal gas leak, the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger, the Gulf of Mexico
oil spill, and the financial crises of 2008. The analysis of the organizational
failures that caused events such as these helped drive the emerging field of
crisis management. Simultaneously, the number of natural disasters has
increased as well. From this, we have learned that our modern, tightly
interconnected and interdependent society is simply more vulnerable to
disruption than in the past.
This interconnectedness is made possible in part by crisis
management, while also increasing our reliance on it. As such, crisis
management is as beneficial and crucial today as information technology has
become over the last few decades. Successfully engaging, dealing with, and
working through a crisis require an understanding of options and tools for
individual and joint decision-making. The Encyclopedia of Crisis Management
comprehensively explains concepts and techniques for effectively assessing,
analyzing, managing, and resolving crises, whether they be organizational,
business, community, or political. From general theories and concepts exploring
the meaning and causes of crisis to practical strategies and techniques
relevant to crises of specific types and categories, crisis management will be
thoroughly introduced and explored in approximately 375 articles.
This
comprehensive project will be published by SAGE Reference and will be marketed
to academic and public libraries as a print and digital product available to
students via the library’s electronic services. The General Editors, who
will be reviewing each submission to the project, are K. Bradley Penuel, Matt
Statler, and Ryan Hagen at New York University.
We
are currently making assignment with a deadline of March
30, 2012.
If
you are interested in contributing to this cutting-edge reference, it is a
unique opportunity to contribute to the contemporary literature, redefining
sociological issues in today’s terms. Moreover, it can be a notable
publication addition to your CV/resume and broaden your publishing credits.
SAGE Publications offers an honorarium ranging from SAGE book credits for
smaller articles up to a free set of the printed product or access to the
online product for contributions totaling 10,000 words or more.
The
list of available articles is already prepared, and as a next step we will
e-mail you the Article List (Excel file) from which you can select topics that
best fit your expertise and interests. Additionally, Style and Submission
Guidelines will be provided that detail article specifications.
If
you would like to contribute to building a truly outstanding reference with the
Encyclopedia of Crisis Management, please contact me by the e-mail
information below. Please provide a brief summary of your
academic/publishing credentials in related disciplines.
Thanks
very much.
Joseph
K. Golson, Author Manager