Assignment Description
Group Portion
Working with your team, use the Small Group Discussion Board to combine the products of your individual projects into a single, concise, well-organized emergency management plan that conforms to established professional guidelines for natural disasters.
Assignment Guidelines
- In 2,000-2,500 words total, develop a group emergency management plan.
- The plan developed by the group must address the following at minimum:
- Situation and assumptions
- What are the circumstances? (Hint: Create a scenario.)
- Authority
- What is the chain of command? Explain.
- Purpose
- What are the objectives of the plan? Explain.
- Concept of operations
- What are the functions and tasks that will be performed to fulfill the plan's goals and missions?
- Organization and assignment of responsibilities
- Who is in charge of specific functions and tasks? Why?
- Direction and control
- How will the processes of the plan stay on course? Explain.
- Plan development and maintenance
- What are some key factors that must be taken into consideration during the plan development phase?
- Additional information beyond what is included in the group members' first 3 Individual Projects is required to ensure that a plan that meets industry standards is developed.
- You may divide the above plan components among the group members any way that you choose.
- You must discuss your ideas with the members of your group. The group as a whole must approve any ideas before you begin drafting your portion of the plan.
Please add your file.
Individual Portion
- In 400-500 words, explain what parts of the group plan you feel might be problematic.
- What portions of the plan, if any, do you think will most likely have to be revised? Why?
- If you do not feel that the plan will have to be revised, how could you improve the plan? Explain.
- There are not necessarily any wrong answers to these questions, but you must fully support your arguments with evidence.
- What challenges did the group face when developing the emergency operations plan? Explain.
- How were those challenges overcome?
- Be sure to reference all sources for both the Group Portion and Individual Portion using APA style.