Luciano Barreto

How to Prepare a Crisis Management Manual and Contingency Plans for the Construction Industry Luciano Barreto

Corporate crisis lately demonstrated again that the corporate image is one of the most important assets in the companies' value. The events that can cause a huge damage to business reputation can arise from a lot of risk variables. To mitigate the negative effects of such events, the communication consultants have to make with the high level of the company been compromised with the crisis preparation since the communication point. The well-managed crises can be opportunities to resetting or strengthen the brand. The Crisis Manual well written and implemented is an important step for Construction Companies, due to naturally the projects are short and medium term, becoming harder the Crisis Committee's job in training and preparing people to respond with efficacy as needed. Another important issue is the lack of importance and commitment in establishing preventive actions to avoid the threat scenarios with remote probability. These are naturally the most damaging, due to lack of preparation of the Crisis Group.

The industry of construction still has difficulty for seeing beyond the trivial problems and the most obvious threats. In a world of globalization challenges may be necessary as quickly as possible disclose and spread the experience in Crisis Management in such a way that you can prevent and stabilize any kind of threat. Who knows if, in not too far future, we begin to learn to overcome the limits of our business to meet the challenges and opportunities of the new era.
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