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...risis Management Plan Organization Chart The Crisis Management Plan Organization chart Exhibit 10.1 illustrates a typical au...othetical multi-location organization chart, Exhibit 10.3, the Crisis Manageme...

... complaint situations because the consumer has an opportunity to brood over the complaints and ferment greater dissatisfaction. After-the-fact complaints also have a unique quality rooted in human behavior: Seemingly minor irritants may take on much greater importance and significance as the duration of the complaint process lengthens. Still, after-the-fact complaints have market research value. They are just harder to obtain or use toward a positive outcome with the particular complaining client. Complaints as a Profit Center The Technical Assistance Research Program Institute (TARP) report argues that complaint handling should be seen as a profit center, not a cost center, and created a formula to help companies relate the value of retaining a profitable customer to the overall cost of funding an effective complaint-handling unit. The study showed positive returns on investment in the complaint-handling and remediation process. Flow Charts Christopher Lovelock suggests charting the service process to identify potential fail points, including both the front-stage' and back-stage' processes. Front-stage' processes are those that the client or customer can readily see and come in contact with-receptionist activities, receipt of correspondence and documents, face-to-face contact with the professional and staff, etc. Back-stage' processes are those that the client doesn't see but nevertheless affect the quality of service that the client will receive: telephone conversations with others related to the client's cause, preparation of documents, court appearances (in law) where the client is not present, and so forth. Lovelock touts the preparation of flowcharts to examine the service process. Flowcharts help identify links in the chain of service and identify where weaknesses may exist, or points where failure may occur. A ...

...group for making the comparisons. Chart A presents some major characteristics... In Chart C, Revenues per producer (total ag...

... Response Teams Obtain executive approval of Crisis Management Policy Statement Develop response emergency action guides Develop crisis media and public relations strategy Formulation of crisis management operating plan Formulation of Crisis Management Plan Manual Phase IV Plan Implementation Crisis Management Plan Manual distribution and implementation Complete management briefing Implement crisis media and public relations strategy Complete Crisis Management Committee assignments Initiate Emergency Response Team operation and assignments Institute emergency response strategy action guides Establish contingency planning responsibilities Complete staff implementation seminars Initial crisis management and emergency training Conduct hypothetical crises think tank' training sessions Phase V Plan Maintenance Crisis management plan operation Crisis Management Committee regular meetings Emergency Response Team regular drills On-going preparedness training Continually edit and expand Crisis Management Plan Manual Provide for on-going crisis loss vulnerability assessment Periodical monitoring and assessment of Crisis Management Plan Establish crisis management plan audit program 10.3 Crisis Management Plan Organization Chart The Crisis Management Plan Organization chart Exhibit 10.1 illustrates a typical authority chain of command as well as committee operations, task assignments and responsibilities. The chart is for hypothetical manufacturing and distribution firm and is not necessarily considered to be the panacea for all organizations. Plan responsibilities should normally function independently of each other prior to, during and following a crisis situation. Exhibit 10.1 is representative of a major crisis management plan which proceeds through the formulation and implementation stages and is considered to be an on-going operational mode. EXHIBIT 10.1 CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLAN ORGANIZATION CHART CORPORATE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT \/ EXECUTIVE CRISIS MANAGEMENT AUDIT COMMITTEE CORPORATE AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT POLICY STATEMENTS \/ CRISIS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE \/ EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS MANUAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT \/ PRE-CRISIS CONTINGENCY PLANNING REPONSE STRATEGY ACTION PLAN OPERATIONS DURING IMPAIRMENT RECOVERY PLAN RESTORATION TASKS The chart ...

...ng and remediation process. Flow Charts Christopher Lovelock suggests charting the service process to identify po...strategies. Client Involvement Flow-charting helps the service provider see ...

... find that the most productive firms are those with a specialty area or those that handle a large volume of employee benefit business. Such directed sales efforts and the tighter market in Commercial Lines with higher average account size should help improve productivity further. But the harder market might not last very long. It's important to stay vigilant and keep a disciplined approach to reducing redundancies and streamlining procedures to increase the number of accounts per employee. This article presents productivity and profitability measurements by size of agency. These measurements are averages — the very best and the very worst performers combined with those in the middle to come up with numbers and percentages. To convert the guidelines to high performing levels, increase the averages by 1.25% . It's also critical to use a comparable peer group for making the comparisons. Chart A presents some major characteristics of the compiled composite groups. Generally, larger agencies are more Commercially oriented and have larger accounts. If your agency's mix of business or average account size differs from that of agencies with comparable revenues, it's more appropriate to select a peer group that mirrors your type of business. In some cases this peer group should be used with all of the comparisons. For other charts it might be better to switch to the larger agency composite group. Use a common-sense approach to evaluate for your agency. Chart A &# 160 Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Agency Revenues $480,784 $1 ,174,845 $3 ,174,033 $6 ,251,081 Comm./Pers. Mix 45/55 58/42 61 ...

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