Abstract
Low probability high impact events which may include crises, disaster and emergencies have the capacity to affect organizations' processes in delivering goods and services to markets, disrupt economies and result in life losses. Existing methods used for the anticipation and management of such events, suffer from common limitations such as judgment or decision making biases, process and content ambush, heavy dependence on out-of-date information, sensitivity to data quality, lack of empirical testing and frame blindness. Judgment or decision making biases is identified as the most common limitation among them, with a huge impact in the quantification of probability, uncertainty and risk. As the identification of direct causality between risks becomes progressively problematic, traditional risk management needs to be reinforced with new concepts designed to fit an environment with uncertain qualities. Recent studies that suggest the successful integration of Collective Intelligence (CI) in resilience, capacity building and mitigation, for the management of adverse events, present an opportunity for the development of a framework that fits the uncertain properties of our modern world. The paper examines the development of a maturity assessment model in regards to low probability high impact events and studies relevant literature. Progress on developing such a model is expected to strongly benefit the implementation of a decision support system that is based on CI. The paper studies literature on the design and development of a generic model for maturity assessment, covering the origin, nature and use of maturity models; and draws on relevant criticism. Furthermore, it provides literature on maturity models used for the management of adverse events, focusing on the Risk Management Maturity Model and the Capability Maturity Model (CMM). Emphasis is given on the organisations' necessity to equally have the capacity and the maturity to manage risks and on the reasons why the Capability Maturity Model is considered to be suitable for the assessment of the emergency management performance and capability.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of 9th European Conference on IS Management and Evaluation, ECIME 2015 |
Publisher | Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited |
Pages | 61-67 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Volume | 2015-January |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781910810545 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Event | 9th European Conference on IS Management and Evaluation, ECIME 2015 - Bristol, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Sept 2015 → 22 Sept 2015 |
Other
Other | 9th European Conference on IS Management and Evaluation, ECIME 2015 |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Bristol |
Period | 21/09/15 → 22/09/15 |
Keywords
- Collective intelligence
- Disasters
- Emergencies
- High impact
- Low probability
- Maturity assessment model