The Organization under extreme conditions : the case study of UNHCR during the Syrian crisis
The contemporary crises become increasingly complex, accompanied by more hostilities leading the infected societies to witness more unfortunate events, especially when political solutions are absent in war times or internal conflicts. The humanitarian sector, on the other hand, has to mitigate the s...
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2020
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| author | Alkusaibati, Wael |
| author_browse | Alkusaibati, Wael |
| author_facet | Alkusaibati, Wael |
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| description | The contemporary crises become increasingly complex, accompanied by more hostilities leading the infected societies to witness more unfortunate events, especially when political solutions are absent in war times or internal conflicts. The humanitarian sector, on the other hand, has to mitigate the severe effects of these crises on communities and provide assistance despite lack of funding and data. The action of UNHCR during the conflict in Syria has been taken as a case study due to the complexity of the situation in Syria.
Contingency theory has been adopted within this study to investigate how does the humanitarian crisis in Syria impact the structure of UNHCR. Furthermore, contingency planning as a vital element to address emergencies effectively, enabling the organization to absorb shocks entirely or even partly, is adopted to investigate whether the UNHCR’s crisis management is efficient or not.
The study reveals that UNHCR’s emergency preparedness planning is a sophisticated tool in meeting emergencies, particularly when adopting and implementing these plans on the ground and in coordination with the other stakeholders. Emergency preparedness planning has been observed to be an advantage to the organization primarily when the existing hazard or the predicable one is described as very dynamic. The case study discovers that UNHCR experienced extreme conditions in Syria, such as lack or absence of the data, funding gaps, and safety threatening. Despite these challenges, the organization developed an inclusive response action in which it collaborates with the other humanitarian organizations in Syria and involves the local communities to design site-oriented and more accurate plans. |
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| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Inglés |
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| spelling | RepoSLU161532020-10-13T01:02:07Z The Organization under extreme conditions : the case study of UNHCR during the Syrian crisis Alkusaibati, Wael contingency theory emergency planning hermeneutics humanitarian aid humanitarian crises preparedness planning the Syrian conflict The contemporary crises become increasingly complex, accompanied by more hostilities leading the infected societies to witness more unfortunate events, especially when political solutions are absent in war times or internal conflicts. The humanitarian sector, on the other hand, has to mitigate the severe effects of these crises on communities and provide assistance despite lack of funding and data. The action of UNHCR during the conflict in Syria has been taken as a case study due to the complexity of the situation in Syria. Contingency theory has been adopted within this study to investigate how does the humanitarian crisis in Syria impact the structure of UNHCR. Furthermore, contingency planning as a vital element to address emergencies effectively, enabling the organization to absorb shocks entirely or even partly, is adopted to investigate whether the UNHCR’s crisis management is efficient or not. The study reveals that UNHCR’s emergency preparedness planning is a sophisticated tool in meeting emergencies, particularly when adopting and implementing these plans on the ground and in coordination with the other stakeholders. Emergency preparedness planning has been observed to be an advantage to the organization primarily when the existing hazard or the predicable one is described as very dynamic. The case study discovers that UNHCR experienced extreme conditions in Syria, such as lack or absence of the data, funding gaps, and safety threatening. Despite these challenges, the organization developed an inclusive response action in which it collaborates with the other humanitarian organizations in Syria and involves the local communities to design site-oriented and more accurate plans. SLU/Dept. of Economics 2020 H2 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/16153/ |
| spellingShingle | contingency theory emergency planning hermeneutics humanitarian aid humanitarian crises preparedness planning the Syrian conflict Alkusaibati, Wael The Organization under extreme conditions : the case study of UNHCR during the Syrian crisis |
| title | The Organization under extreme conditions : the case study of UNHCR during the Syrian crisis |
| title_full | The Organization under extreme conditions : the case study of UNHCR during the Syrian crisis |
| title_fullStr | The Organization under extreme conditions : the case study of UNHCR during the Syrian crisis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Organization under extreme conditions : the case study of UNHCR during the Syrian crisis |
| title_short | The Organization under extreme conditions : the case study of UNHCR during the Syrian crisis |
| title_sort | organization under extreme conditions : the case study of unhcr during the syrian crisis |
| topic | contingency theory emergency planning hermeneutics humanitarian aid humanitarian crises preparedness planning the Syrian conflict |