crisis management

American

noun

the techniques used, as by an employer or government, to avert or deal with strikes, riots, violence, or other crisis situations.

Other Word Forms

crisis manager noun

Etymology

Origin of crisis management

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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Tehran’s municipality has identified metro stations, parking lots and other locations that could serve as bomb shelters, Ali Nasiri, a crisis management official, told state media in late January.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s a master class in a hard truth of crisis management: You don’t rise to the occasion…you fall to the level of your drills.

From The Wall Street Journal

While she and Mr Byron kept in touch for a short while, exchanging "crisis management advice", Ms Cabot said they decided that "speaking with each other was going to make it too hard for everyone to move on and heal," and have not spoken since.

From BBC

In Vilnius, Vilmantas Vitkauskas runs the crisis management centre that brings together various branches of government and security services.

From BBC

The government has set up a response office within the prime minister's crisis management centre and convened an emergency team, chief cabinet secretary Minoru Kihara has said.

From BBC

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