Crisis response is generally acknowledged as a crucial aspect of crisis management. Crisis
response often requires a need to improvise because the circumstances demand …

Falkheimer and Heide further develop their integration of improvisation into crisis
communication. They argue that improvisation is a way to develop innovative thinking …

For decades social science research on disasters has documented the importance of
organisational emergence and individual role improvising to effective emergency …

Discussion of organizational crisis communication tend to focus on analyses of the
communication actions that occurred during and after the crisis event. That these …

Common characteristics of crisis situations are ambiguous and unplanned for events. The
need for improvised roles can therefore be an imperative factor for the success of an …

This paper reports a case study, which aimed to investigate what role improvisation plays in
crisis and disaster response teams and how improvisation performance of such teams can …

This article applies concepts and ideas from institutional theory to study improvisations in IT
and organizational change. Within the information systems (IS) discipline, IT and …

Disasters often produce elements of shock that may render pre‐established plans for action
limited or otherwise inapplicable to the current situation. Improvisation is considered to be a …

To remain competitive in today's highly dynamic environments, organizations often need to
act rapidly. To deal with urgent issues, top managers have to rapidly assess and act upon …

This research describes the various ways key responders improvise their disaster-related
roles during the emergency period of large-scale crises. Using archival data from the …