Mgmt629 HRM629 Assignment No. 1 announced
Monday, April 18, 2011 Posted In HRM , Mgmt Edit ThisAssignment No. 01 Marks: 15
“Crisis management”
“Crisis management”
Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began had struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami on March 11, 2011. Cars, ships and buildings were swept away by a wall of water after the 8.9-magnitude tremor, which struck about 400km (250 miles) north-east of Tokyo. The earthquake and tsunami have caused extensive and severe damage in Northeastern Japan, leaving thousands of people confirmed dead, injured or missing, and millions more affected by lack of electricity, water and transportation. A state of emergency had been declared at a nuclear power plant, where pressure had exceeded normal levelsand it is still going on.
Keeping in view the above statement answer the following questions:
Marks= 2.5+2.5+10
Q no. 1: What level of crisis it is?
Q no. 2: What is the main cause of this crisis?
Q no. 3: Discuss in detail the precautionary measures which canbe adopted to minimize destruction from such kind of crisis?
