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Simulations and Institutional Change: Training US Government Professionals for Improved Management of Complex Emergencies Abroad
Author(s) -
Babus Sylvia,
Hodges Kathryn,
Kjonnerod Erik
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of contingencies and crisis management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.007
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5973
pISSN - 0966-0879
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5973.00061
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , agency (philosophy) , government (linguistics) , training (meteorology) , process (computing) , public relations , action (physics) , process management , public administration , business , emergency management , political science , engineering , computer science , sociology , politics , social science , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , meteorology , law , operating system
A new training programme for US Government officials features simulations that require them to reach across normal bureaucratic boundaries to rehearse actual responses to real‐life overseas emergencies. The simulations use a planning template that builds on lessons learned from recent, non‐traditional, civil‐military and humanitarian operations. The programme aims to help officials from many different parts of the government improve their capacity to coordinate inter‐agency responses by institutionalizing advance planning among those most likely to be involved in any US action. A discussion‐capture software package developed at the War Gaming and Simulation Centre that incorporates the planning template facilitates this process and supports the training goals.