Open AccessCrisis Management as Ethical Improvisation
Author(s) -
Cynthia Macdonald
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
critical studies in improvisation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1712-0624
DOI - 10.21083/csieci.v9i1.1953
Subject(s) - improvisation , balance (ability) , crisis management , public relations , management , crisis response , psychology , business , sociology , political science , aesthetics , visual arts , art , economics , neuroscience
The skills needed by a corporate CEO seeking to guide a company ethically through a time of crisis bears a striking resemblance to the skills needed by the improvising musician. As in musical improvisation, ethical crisis management requires decision-makers to strike a fine balance between structure and innovation, between playing by the rules and adapting in novel and creative ways.