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Informationen zum Autor Katherine Persson was a founding faculty member and a long-time college president of Lone Star College-Kingwood when Hurricane Harvey's sewage-laden floodwaters washed over eighty percent of everything on the main campus just before the start of 2017 fall classes. With 113 classrooms lost, LSC-Kingwood built a new instructional business plan and started classes 27 days after flooding with no employee layoffs, and an increase in student enrollment of over five percent for that eventful first semester. Klappentext This provides a resource to help leaders at many levels in an organization understand what can help and hinder their disaster recovery, whether natural or man-made caused. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: What Happened Chapter 1: Lone Star College-Kingwood Chapter 2: Gulf Coast State College Chapter 3: Umpqua Community College Part II: Hindsight: What We Wish We Knew Chapter 4: The Settings Chapter 5: Don't Be Naïve Chapter 6: Guns, Drugs and Money Chapter 7: Power Chapter 8: Move Things to a Higher Place Chapter 9: Identity Theft Chapter 10: Loss of Personal Items and Loss of Lives Chapter 11: What You Should Know and Do to Help Recovery Efforts Part III: What Helped Us Chapter 12: Leadership Team Chapter 13: Culture Chapter 14: Policies Chapter 15: Resources Chapter 16: Friends, Partners, and Others Wanting to Help Part IV: What Hindered Us Chapter 17: Inexperience Chapter 18: FEMA and Other Bureaucracies Chapter 19: Procurement Policies Chapter 20: Personnel Changes Part V: Aftermath to Recovery Chapter 21: Trauma and Grief Chapter 22: Overwhelming State of Mind Chapter 23: Healing and Recovering Chapter 24: Recovery Strategies Used by Individuals Chapter 25: Recovery Strategies Used Organizations Chapter 26: Community Healing Part VI: Preparation for the Next Crisis - A Global Pandemic Part VII: Master Crisis Response Cheat Sheet Closing Statement Appendix A:Harvey Timeline Summary: August 23, 2017 - February 2020 Appendix B.LSC-Kingwood Student Success Pre and Post Harvey Appendix C:Harvey Revenues and Expenses Appendix D:LSC Procurement Process Appendix E:Testimonials from Student, Staff, and Faculty References About the Author About the Contributors ...
