13th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference

1. 13th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference “Reaching Higher” June 7th 2010

2. In Emergency MANAGEMENT, the big word matters! Arthur Rabjohn CEM FEPS MBCI President – IAEM Europa Director – Civil Contingencies Advisors Ltd Business Development (Europe & Africa) – Global Rescue LLC Consultant – EmerGeo LLC

3. Definition of Emergency Management • Emergency Management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters.

4. Many names for EM or its components • Business Continuity Management • Disaster Management • Risk Management • Crisis Management • ………………………….All Management

5. Common approaches

6. And there are others!

7. Management The act, manner, or practice of managing; handling, supervision, or control: management of a crisis; management of factory workers. www.answers.com

8. Management “Management” (from Old French ménagement “the art of conducting, directing”, from Latin manu agere “to lead by the hand”) characterises the process of leading and directing all or part of an organisation, often a business, through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). … en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management

9. My son ….. "management is what managers do"

10. EM as a Profession • Recognise that Emergency MANAGERS MANAGEEmergency MANAGEMENT Programmes / Offices / Agencies / Organisations

11. Six Functions of Management • Forecasting (to foresee/anticipate) • Planning(make plans, preparation) • Organisation (to provide the Function with all is needed for its smooth running: Supplies, Tools, Funding, Employees) • Command (to lead the people employed by the organisation) • Coordination (to harmonise all actions of an Organisation in order to facilitate its smooth running and success) • Control (to verify if everything happens in accordance with defined plans, orders given, and accepted principles) …. Henri Fayol

12. Principles of Emergency Management • Comprehensive • Progressive • Risk Driven • Forecasting & Planning • Integrated • Collaborative • Coordinated • Flexible • Professional • Verify

13. Fayol’s 14 Principles of Management • Centralisation • Scalar Chain • NIMS / ISC • Order • Coordination • Equity • Stability of tenure of personnel • Initiative • Progressive / Flexible • Esprit de Corps • Collabrative • Division of work • NIMS / ISC • Authority • Discipline • Unity of command • NIMS / ICS • Unity of direction • Subordination of individual interests to the general interests • Remuneration

14. So why Emergency Management? • Knowledge -Focused and recognised sources and references • Experience - Exercises or real events • Application - Programme management through phases • Transition - Preparedness to Response to Recovery

15. What’s missing? • Definition of Scalar Chain within the profession – hierarchical career path • Greater degree of professional certification – More CEM®’s! • More commonality of roles, responsibilities and structures

16. UNIVERSITY FIRST CAREER- Emergency Services- Military- Management (Public Sector) FIRST JOB – Emergency Planner SECOND JOB – Preparedness Team Leader EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT POSITION 3 Years Experience 3 Years Experience CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER (CEM®) 5 Years Experience

17. EM Career Paths UNIVERSITY Local Government / Emergency Services Junior Role Government Agency Junior Role Specialist Role Military Career Local Government / Emergency Services Senior Role NGO – Field Experience Consultancy Government Agency Senior Role NGO – Management Commercial / Industrial Sector

18. My EM Career Path Emergency Services UNIVERSITY NVQ Management Diploma Local Government Senior Role Consultancy National Govt. Working Groups Fellow Status EPS Commercial / Industrial Sector

20. Questions? • Any questions? Thank you for this opportunity to share some thoughts with you