The book proposes a kind of contingency theory of management: different situations demand different kinds of management.

FORBES: Connect

In the first session, Julian Birkinshaw proposed a contingency theory of management: different situations demand different kinds of management.

FORBES: Connect

With historic snow totals and widespread power outages possible, emergency-management agencies set contingency plans into motion.

WSJ: Blizzard Barrels Toward Area

Cross-training, contingency staffing, and a team approach to management are designed to mitigate the loss.

FORBES: When your employee coughs, do YOU catch the cold?

The oil unions have never achieved a complete stoppage, because management-level employees operate a contingency plan.

ECONOMIST: Venezuela

An interagency working group led by the NSC staff and the Office of Management and Budget has undertaken detailed contingency planning for humanitarian relief in case of conflict with Iraq.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Post-War Planning