Crisis management is a form of management in handling extraordinary events, when non-standard methods are employed and in the case of declared states of emergency also related legislation. It is concentrated on man, the natural and the artificial environment and on aspects connected with elements, relations and flows in a system created like that. Its aim is to ensure the sustainable development of human society, including basic functions of the state and the public administration in crisis situations. This is a matter of state administration and self-administration on all levels, private companies, non-governmental and humanitarian organisations and also of all citizens. It is a case of the process the objective of which is to keep the behaviour of the system within acceptable limits, within which desirable objectives are realized and undesirable manifestations are suppressed.
The study of crisis management consists of diagnosing possible emergency situations, planning preventive measures and measures to mitigate extraordinary events, ensuring preparedness for the handling of the mentioned events, ensuring response to them, the initial state for the restoration of affected areas and triggering their next development. It uses the following tools: risk analysis and management, management, emergency, crisis and civil emergency planning. Moreover, the area of crisis economics and logistics is fundamental.
The study of crisis management consists of diagnosing possible emergency situations, planning preventive measures and measures to mitigate extraordinary events, ensuring preparedness for the handling of the mentioned events, ensuring response to them, the initial state for the restoration of affected areas and triggering their next development. It uses the following tools: risk analysis and management, management, emergency, crisis and civil emergency planning. Moreover, the area of crisis economics and logistics is fundamental.