Disaster Recovery at Marshall Field’s
1. In what ways was the Marshall Field’s flood disaster recovery effort a project? Why are large-scale disaster response and recovery
efforts projects?
2. In what ways do the characteristics of crisis management as described in this case correspond to those of project management?
3. Who was (were) the project manager(s), and what was his (their) responsibility? Who was assigned to the project team, and why were
they on the team?
4. Comment on the appropriateness of using project management for managing disaster recovery efforts such as this.
5. What form of project management (basic, program, and so on) does this case most closely resemble?
