The Dynamics of Collaboration in Emergency Planning for America's Schools

卡特里娜飓风之后的混乱清楚地表明，有效的应急反应需要许多不同类型组织的合作。卡特里娜飓风后应急反应的一个中心问题将是如何实现成功的合作。这项研究将深入了解促进学校高质量应急规划的因素（特别关注协作在应急规划过程中的作用）以及公共机构总体规划合作的动态。这项研究将涉及对德克萨斯州K-12学校校园和学区的应急准备规划过程进行多战略评估（重点研究北德克萨斯州）。该项目将通过调查收集这些校园和地区的信息，收集来自许多这些教育机构的主要文件，并对地区的子样本进行详细的访谈协议。这项研究将有助于对教育组织、应急计划以及公共组织在灾害和应急准备方面的合作作用的科学认识。

The chaos following Hurricane Katrina made clear that effective emergency response requires the collaboration of many different types of organizations. A central question in emergency response after Katrina will be how to achieve successful collaboration. This study will provide insight into the factors promoting high quality emergency planning in schools (with special attention to the role of collaboration in the emergency planning process) and the dynamics of collaboration on planning in public agencies generally. The research will involve a multi-strategy assessment of emergency preparedness planning processes in K-12 school campuses and districts in Texas (with a focused study of North Texas). The project will gather information on these campuses and districts through a survey, a collection of primary documents from many of these educational organizations, and a detailed interview protocol for a sub-sample of districts.This study will contribute to scientific knowledge about educational organizations, emergency planning, and the role of collaboration on hazard and emergency preparedness in public organizations.