If you are working in an organisation at times you are in a difficult
situation and your leadership qualities come to the fore if you can deftly manage the situation and get out of the crisis. Crisis management involves two aspects : avoiding the crisis and facing the crisis. There are
crises created by factors within one’s
control and these should be
avoided by changing certain traits in terms of thinking and behaviour. Where crisis is on account of factors beyond one’s control, one should develop the art of managing the crisis by recognizing realities of life and associated limitations thereof. Major crisis can be avoided by simply acting in time. Generally there are two tendencies which prevent us from acting at the right time. In other words there is a tendency to postpone the inevitable as we are scared to deal with a crisis as it developes & also due to non recognition of the problem on hand. If we recognize these tendencies and eliminate them many a crisis can be avoided or
faced courageously. When we cultivate the habit to do the unpleasant first and when we are willing to
accept a problem as it develops and deal with it promptly, we can avoid crises which are in our control.
The other possibility is that a crisis emerges from nowhere upon which we have absolutely no control. For example if I am running an industry and new policies have been announced by the government adversely impacting the future of my industry.Obviously these developments are not in my control. But faced with a situation I should think of alternative means to keep my
business going viz) diversifying the line of production or other ways whereby I can run the business with least impact. So long as we live in a society we can not run away from problems as they constitute an integral part of our lives.It is only when we face such problems & crises situations we become stronger and resolute enough to overcome any crises which appears before us.
In conclusion in my opinion we should accept the problem, analyse it and do everything in our power to wriggle out of it.If the crisis is on account of reasons beyond our control we must have the courage to face it and manage it with the least impact.
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