crisis management

American  

noun

1. the techniques used, as by an employer or government, to avert or deal with strikes, riots, violence, or other crisis situations.

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Other Word Forms

• crisis manager noun

Etymology

Origin of crisis management

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

While she and Mr Byron kept in touch for a short while, exchanging "crisis management advice", Ms Cabot said they decided that "speaking with each other was going to make it too hard for everyone to move on and heal," and have not spoken since.

From BBC

In Vilnius, Vilmantas Vitkauskas runs the crisis management centre that brings together various branches of government and security services.

From BBC

The government has set up a response office within the prime minister's crisis management centre and convened an emergency team, chief cabinet secretary Minoru Kihara has said.

From BBC

To test whether these layoffs reflected real transformation or just crisis management, I looked at where sophisticated investors have actually been putting their money.

From MarketWatch

But the outage provided a lesson in crisis management.

From Barron's