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Learning from similar studies is important. Many times we just learn how something "should be", but do not have a basis of what it looks like. Reviewing research about EM allows us to understand how the methodology is applied, how the data collection occurred, how the researcher conducted the analysis, and what points are covered through the reporting. Always read research in our profession, as it will continue to build your cognitive basis.

Conclusions and Recommendations Most likely, at this point, congratulations are probably in order. Working through the research process; problems have been designed, questions asked, data gathered, methods applied, and analysis conducted. Only one things left to do - figure out what was learned.

Learning is expressed through writing conclusions. The conclusion takes the outcome of the analysis and expresses it in a few concise statements that sum up what the reader should know about the subject that he or she didn't know before. Conclusions and recommendations are written exclusively in the words of the author - no citations or references are appropriate in this section.

Improvements to theory, policy, and operations are expressed through the development of recommendations. Of the two, conclusions and recommendations, recommendations are by far the more important. The mine exploded. So what? The ship sank. So what? The river flooded. So what? It's the answering of the 'So what?' question with respect to any analysis: Recommend air exchangers; Recommend not running aground; Recommend berms; whatever it happens to be, it's the recommendation that makes the study worth doing. Our field of study is operational, and often lives depend on the correct execution of the knowledge and skills inherent in the profession. That means that research in the field is likewise obligated to provide value in ways that empirical research often is not. In other words, what we do and what we research matter.

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Week 7: Current Case Studies in Emergency Management

Overview:

Welcome to Week 7.

This week you will study case studies in emergency management. Reading current case

studies in the emergency management discipline will aid the understanding of how to

conduct case study research. You will begin your final project.

Course Objective(s):

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