You will assess the emergency management process used during Hurricane Katrina, and you will include your own thoughts and ideas for improving the system. Your opinions and thoughts must be supported by resources such as peer-reviewed journals, books, or credible articles on government websites. Carefully evaluate your sources of information. This first major assignment requires you to assess the actions and policies at work prior to and following Hurricane Katrina’s landfall.: Background Identify the agencies responsible for emergency preparedness and response. Describe (don’t just identify, but describe) the area impacted by Katrina. Assume your reader does not know about this incident, and provide the background necessary for a reader to understand the analysis that will follow. Definitions Define key terms that will be important to the understanding of your analysis. Demonstrate your understanding of terms such as hurricane, levee, and storm surge. Hurricane Katrina Describe the storm, specifically. What made this storm so special? Pre-existing vulnerabilities in Louisiana. Many believe that the damage from Katrina would not have been so severe had the local areas been better prepared. Assess the state of readiness prior to Katrina’s landfall and discuss any particular vulnerabilities. Describe the ICS process Include information pertaining to the elements of preparedness, communication, mitigation, response, and recovery coordination among the various public safety and private sector organizations specifically involved in Hurricane Katrina.

INSTRUCTIONSFinal Exam (Individual Grade): The exam is predicated on a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the concepts covered in lectures, group discussions and reading in the textbook.Business Case Analysis: 25%The focus of the course is to better equip leaders to manage complex organizational change. Organizational Development is a planned change discipline which helps OD practitioners and change masters to manage and cope with the consequences of large scale change. Our operating model for the case analysis will be from the perspective of the SVP of Change Delivery in partnership with other senior management leaders. The student will be assigned a business problem that will require a solution for implementation. The problem will be based on the course’s text readings, case studies and online in‐class learning.The assignment is to write a business memo that provides a solution for implementation. The memo is to be directed to the CEO from you as his/her SVP of Change Delivery whom has to solve the problem. The memo must be practical, service oriented and business driven. The memo will be no less than 4 pages, and is to include three integrated components#1 Introduction and Problem Definition,#2 Body which includes Key Facts and Need for Change,#3 Your Solution Recommendations, Desired Outcome and Conclusions.To succeed the student must:a. Clearly define the problem and the relevant issues;b. Evaluate the issues, presenting key facts and the significant need for change;c. Propose a recommended solution, clearly defining the desired outcomes.For this assignment, please use the following case from site:Electronic Arts https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-03-26-ea-lays-off-350-amid-major-organizational-changes