Crisis management policy formulation and implementation

¶ … Crisis Management

Yes, Kim and Lee's model is consistent with governmental policy and response. E. coli has been a situation that is being dealt with a lot more in recent years than decades before. That is why I have chosen the topic for this assignment. In the reading it is reported that the scope must be middle ranged or wide scope, such as those that take place in a community, in order to warrant significance on a policy level.(Kim & Lee, 2001, pp.505-506)

coli has not only effected a community, it has effected countries, states etc. therefore it has the scope that Kim & Lee report is necessary to warrant higher policy objectives. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement Saturday that United Food Group LLC had expanded an earlier recall to include approximately 5.7 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground beef after a person in Arizona tested positive for E. coli. In all, beef from the California-based firm has sickened 14 people in six states. (MSNBC. online [MSNBC], 2007) the response from the government was that all people that have come forward stating they were sick have been treated and are fine now. Confirmation that this situation applies to Kim and Lee's model is the fact of the scope; six states were affected, and further in the article we learn that more states were affected by a similar outbreak. Intensity is directly correlated due to what E.coli poisoning does to the individual affected by it. Symptoms of E. coli include stomach cramps that may be severe and diarrhea that may turn bloody within one to three days. E. coli sometimes can lead to complications including kidney failure. (MSNBC, p.2) the response by the government is a massive recall of the tainted product, and news reports to let product consumers know that there is cause for concern and a need to be aware of current product conditions. If this were a shipment of tainted meat to a store in somewhere, Al. there would only be a need for local officials to make a small recall and deal on a local level. This directly correlates to the model.