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A 3 page paper that reports the origin of paradigms for public safety organizations. The paper comments on the paradigms that exist and the need for change. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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citation methods listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates.?? PARADIGMS IN PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES Research compiled for The
Paper Store, , October 2010 properly! Organizational paradigms arise from numerous sources. Different authors classify
organizational paradigms differently. For instance, Avery argued there are three basic organizational paradigms: classical, transactional, organic and visionary (Jing and Avery, 2008). Reed suggests five paradigms: organizations as social systems,
organizations as negotiated orders, organizations as structures of power and domination, organizations as symbolic constructions, and organizations as social practices (Evermann, 2006). In other words, there are numerous paradigms that
can be identified for organizations. Public safety agencies must adopt paradigms that complement their purpose. They must also change paradigms when those world views and practices are found to be
ineffective and even dangerous. One glaring example of ineffectiveness was what happened in New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina. We are challenged with an increase in the number of natural disasters
and in the increased severity of those disasters. We are also challenged with potential terrorist attacks in many countries. McEntire and colleagues (2002) report that the most common academic
paradigms regarding natural and man-made disasters are: "disaster-resistant communities, disaster-resilient communities and sustainable development and sustainable hazards mitigation." Just reading these belief systems, one is aware of their weaknesses. In
fact, these paradigms seem lame in terms of actual responses to disasters. Nonetheless, there are the most commonly-touted paradigms in emergency management. Emergency management paradigms emerged from the National
Governors Association in 19879 (McEntire et al., 2002). At that time, the governors recognized that there was a strong need for emergency management policies and procedures. Those procedures needed to
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