Practising Uncertainty in the Face of Large-Scale Disease Outbreaks

Müller‐Seitz, Gordon

doi:10.1177/1056492613500718

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“…organisational cultural anomalies that rely on standard procedures for routine situations that are not appropriate in cases of crisis), a lack of knowledge transfer, wrong managerial mantras that miss efficiency and oriented indicators or ignorance of interdependencies between organisations. The example of the EHEC outbreak in Germany in 2011 was given (Berthod et al, 2014;M € uller-Seitz, 2014). Several barriers hindered a swift solution of the crisis; first, the zoonotic nature of the incident required the sharing of responsibilities between the Federal Veterinary and Public Health Ministries; second, the federal organisation did not facilitate the collaboration between Federal Ministries; and, finally, the outbreak investigation was hampered by the uncertainties around the food vehicle, source of contamination, strain involved and role of the media.…”

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Microbiological risk assessment

Cassini

Hathaway

Havelaar

et al. 2016

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Microbiological risk assessment is defined by the CODEX Alimentarius Commission as 'a scientifically based process consisting of the following steps: (i) hazard identification; (ii) hazard characterisation; (iii) exposure assessment; and (iv) risk characterisation'. It is one of the components of microbiological risk analysis, which has the overall objective to minimise food-borne risks to consumers. It is a complex discipline that continues to evolve and challenges and new opportunities were discussed during the breakout session 'Microbiological risk assessment' held at the EFSA 2nd Scientific Conference 'Shaping the Future of Food Safety, Together' (Milan, Italy, 14-16 October 2015). Discussions focussed on the estimation of the global burden of food-borne disease, the prioritisation of microbiological risks taking into account uncertainty, the challenges in risk assessment when dealing with viruses, the contribution of typing methods to risk assessment and approaches to deal with uncertainty in risk assessment in emergency situations. It was concluded that the results of the global burden of food-borne disease study provide, for the first time, a comprehensive comparison of risks due to different hazards and this will be an important input to food safety strategies at the global, regional and national levels. Risk ranking methodologies are an important tool for priority setting. It is important to consider the underestimation (e.g. due to bias in reporting). Typing methods for microbial hazards inevitably impact on risk assessment and can have an important influence on the accuracy of source attribution studies. Due to their high genetic diversity and the limitations of current diagnostic methods, it is still challenging to obtain robust evidence for food-borne outbreaks caused by viruses and more research is needed on the use of whole genome sequencing in this area. The lessons learnt from the recent enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) outbreak in Germany include the need for more effective and timely connections within and between institutions as responses unfold.

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Microbiological risk assessment

Cassini

Hathaway

Havelaar

et al. 2016

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“…As an example we cited the medical practitioners in hospitals, who, during the outbreak, were more likely to engage with fellow colleagues and use the existing IT infrastructures. When ad hoc formation is called for, actors tend to seize all the possibilities at hand in an explorative way in order to identify the modalities that are best scalable (also for intentionally inducing uncertainty, see Müller-Seitz, 2014). This diversity of possibilities is easier to identify in the individual actors' professional fields, fostering shared cognitions and norms that actors can draw on strategically to initiate working together (Kellogg 2011).…”

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Out of Nowhere? Interorganizational Assemblage as the Answer to a Food-Borne Disease Outbreak

Berthod

Müller‐Seitz

Sydow

2014

Schmalenbach Bus Rev

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The ad hoc formation of interorganizational relationships and networks remains a black box for management scholars. We address this phenomenon by investigating interorganizational responses to an extreme event. Hence, we explore how interorganizational constellations of previously unconnected actors formed in response to the large-scale outbreak of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) in Germany in 2011, which killed 53 people and affected over 4,000. We present a preliminary model of interorganizational assemblage and offer propositions that highlight the conditions under which the development of collaborations across organizations is made possible in face of crises.

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“…Our knowledge of business and management in Asia is relatively advanced. Yet, there has been a relative neglect of research on how organisations operate in non-routine landscapes and “practise” latent dangers (Müller-Seitz, 2014 ). This shortage of knowledge is in sharp contrast to a rash and random world that no longer allows for predictions with any degree of certainty, i.e.…”

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Thrown off track? Adjustments of Asian business to shock events

2021

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The need for a better understanding of radical uncertainty might have never been greater. Ill-preparedness for natural hazards, a resurgence of serious public health concerns or illusions of control over unruly technology question the extent to which we can ‘really’ shape the world around us. Human-made crises, too, test how we routinely do things. We ask how organisations and actors within them prepare for a collapse of meaning and practise radical uncertainty. Given the breadth and depth of the region’s energy (and, as some would argue, turbulences), Asia provides a fitting context for exploring accommodation to and learning from low-probability, high-impact incidents. By reviewing the business and management research on shocks in Asia, we find that there is a strong human side to dealing with the unknown. We argue that what organisations and actors within them do prior, during and after a shock event is substantially contingent upon cultural environments. To elaborate, we discuss the role of the uncertainty avoidance dimension of national culture in dealing with shock events. We further combine this dimension with the universalism-particularism dimension to discuss future research directions. Our exploration of resultant differences in preparedness, resourcefulness and learning offers a more rounded inquiry into how Asian business actors deal with shocks.

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Practising Uncertainty in the Face of Large-Scale Disease Outbreaks

Cited by 11 publications

References 58 publications

Microbiological risk assessment

Microbiological risk assessment

Out of Nowhere? Interorganizational Assemblage as the Answer to a Food-Borne Disease Outbreak

Thrown off track? Adjustments of Asian business to shock events

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