تجارب آسيوية في إدارة الأزمات: أزمة جائحة الحمة التاجية أنموذجًا

Abstract

This research provides knowledge about the experience of China, Singapore and South Korea in managing the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. It presents the most prominent international strategic frameworks to confront the risks of crises and disasters and the rates of infection, recovery, and death resulting from COVID-19 in the three countries. It also reveals the foundations on which the experiences of those countries depended in crisis management, in terms of the principles from which they originated and the operational mechanisms that they depended on, and shows how consistent these experiences are with the international strategic frameworks.
The research arrived at a number of results, the most important of which are the following: The success of the experiences of these three countries in managing the COVID-19 pandemic crisis is shown by their control of the outbreak curve, the principles they based their action on, and the mechanisms they adopted. It is also shown by their reliance on a strategic approach in managing the crisis and at the same time by the benefit they gained from previous experience in similar health crises. The research also concluded that the experiences of these countries emphasized the importance of the principles of community participation, firmness, readiness and early preparedness in crisis management, in addition to the importance of scientific methods and the level of knowledge and awareness the society has regarding crisis management.