SEMESTER SPRING 2012
Crisis Management(MGMT629)
Assignment No. 01
Due Date: 18th April,2012
Marks: 15
Assignment
Suppose you were living in a city having population more than 8 million and city was
situated at the bank of river ABC. A big dike was cons
tructed to save your city from
any untoward situation just like flash flood etc. For many years that dike proved to be
a helping hand for the inhabitants of the city as it saved the city from many
annihilated deluges a number of times but once it happened
that unexpected rise in
water level of the river created havoc across the city. Nobody in the city was ever
prepared for such kind of unexpected annihilation. Resultantly whole city swayed
away in the flash flood. Too many people were killed and those surv
ived, had nothing
to support them as there was lack of basic necessities such as food, shelter etc.
The city administration unanimously agreed to initiate an official inquiry for this
sudden calamity. After proper investigation there were many causes reve
aled by the
inquiry official’s such as delaying in repair work of dike but major cause was melting
of ice on mountains with a rapid pace resulting in a heavy flow of water in the river
as well as rupture and breakage of dike.
Keeping in view the above sce
nario students are required to answer the following
questions
Question No.01
5 Marks
From administrative point of view, heavy flood created what level of crisis?
Question No.02
5 Marks
What was the main reason of this crisis identified by the inquiry officials?
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