Description
Book SynopsisClimate Risks as Organizational Problems: Constructing Agency and Action provides an introduction to the Communication as Constitutive of Organizations (CCO) approach by addressing key ideas in organizational communication such as sensemaking, decision-making, problem-formulation, and agency. This text is intended to introduce key ideas of the CCO perspective to undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars who may be new to this area. Topical chapters feature case studies related to climate crises, the environment, and weather, making this work also relevant for those with an interest in environmental communication, risk communication, crisis communication, public relations, and public health. Chapters address decision-making during the Hurricane Katrina crisis, how a state in the southeast United States handled a winter snowstorm, heatwaves as creeping crises in Europe, and freshwater policy-making. The case studies provide insight in understanding how governmen
Table of Contents
Preface – Acknowledgements – Part 1. Theoretical and Conceptual Background – Introduction – A Tale of Three Perspectives – Part 2. Concepts and Cases – Problem Identification and Crisis Pacing – Making Sense of a Winter Storm – Agency: Taking Action (or Not) During the Hurricane Katrina Disaster – Constituting Solutions: Prospective Sensemaking – Part 3. Conclusion – Conclusion and Practical Lessons – Index.
