1. Which of the major stages in the issues management process do you think is the most important? Why?
2. Following the approach indicated in Figure 6-1, identify a new issue category not listed in Figure 6-1. Identify several examples of “crises” that have occurred in recent years under each issue category.
6-1 provides examples of major issue categories and specific crises that have occurred within these issue categories. A review of this figure should clearly illustrate the relationship between issues and crises.
FIGURE 6-1: Issue Categories and Specific Crises Within Categories:
3. Identify one example, other than those listed in Figure 6-4, of each of the leading force categories: events, authorities/advocates, literature, organizations, and political Jurisditions: