Inter-organisational learning in public safety management system
Disaster Prevention and Management
ISSN: 0965-3562
Article publication date: 30 August 2018
Issue publication date: 5 March 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to recognition and understanding of the inter-organisational learning processes in the public safety management system.
Design/methodology/approach
The findings presented in this paper are based on empirical data including: first, desk research in the scope of inter-organisational learning; second, participant observation conducted in the Provincial Headquarters of the State Fire Service in the Silesia Province in the years 2013–2014; third, hermeneutic process within a focus group of scholars conducted in December 2014 within a four-person group of researchers. The carried out studies have shown the usefulness of the three-loop learning model appliance.
Findings
The paper analyses the course of inter-organisational learning in dynamic and uncertain operating conditions. As a result, the main methods and effects of inter-organisational learning in the public safety management system are identified.
Originality/value
The paper adds a new value to understanding of inter-organisational learning in the framework of public safety management by driving attention to the importance of inter-organisational learning and its practical use. It also provides a useful research model for investigating inter-organisational learning and effective public safety management.
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Citation
Sienkiewicz-Małyjurek, K.E., Kożuch, B. and Szczygłowski, J. (2019), "Inter-organisational learning in public safety management system", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 28 No. 2, pp. 272-284. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-09-2017-0217
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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