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Dr. John R. Harrald
Office: 208, Staughton

Tel: (202) 994-7153
Email: harrald@seas.gwu.edu


Education

B.S. U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 1964
M.A.L.S. Wesleyan University, 1968
M.B.A. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1973
M.S. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978
Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1982.


Titles

Professor of Engineering Management, The George Washington University.
Director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management.


Course Director/Instructor

    Course Director:
    EMgt 232 - Crisis and Emergency Managemen
    EMgt 234 - Management of Risk and Vulnerability for Natural and Technological Hazards
    EMgt 236 - Information Technology in Crisis and Emergency Management
    EMgt 238 - Current Issues in Emergency and Crisis Management
    EMgt 251 - Information and Software Engineering
    EMgt 254 - Computer Systems in Information Management
    EMgt 256 - Information Management and Information Systems
    EMgt 296 - Software Project Development with CASE
    EMgt 321 - Data Communications and Networks
    EMgt 332 - Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, and Organizational Continuity
    EMgt 332 - Environmental Hazard Management

Research Interests

Dr. Harrald's research interests include risk assessment, risk management, crisis management, maritime safety, aviadon safety and emergency response systems.


Books Authored or Edited

Walker, A. J.R. Harrald, and D. Ducey. 1995. Implementing an Effective Response Management System. American Petroleum Institute. 101 pp.


Selected Papers

Grabowski, M.R., J.R. Harrald, and K.H. Roberts. 1997. "Decision Support and Organizational Forms in a High Velocity Environment: Responses to Catastrophic Oil Spills. Advances in Expert Systems for Management." Volume 2. JAI Press. Greenwich, Ct. Pp 71-94.

Harrald, J.R., T. Mazzuchi, J. Merrick, J. Spahn, and R. Van Dorp. 1997. "Using System Simulation to Model the Impact of Human Error in a Maritime Risk Assessment." Proceedings, 1997 Conference of the International Emergency Management Society. Copenhagen, DN. Pp 41-54.

Harrald, J.R., T. Mazzuchi, J. Merrick, J. Spahn, and R. Van Dorp. 1997. "System Simulation: A Risk Management Tool for Prince William Sound." Proceedings, 1997 International Oil Spill Conference. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Pp 545-550.

Carley, K.M. and J.R. Harrald. 1997. "Organizational Learning Under Fire: Theory and Practice." American Behavioral Scientist, Vol 40, No. 3. Pp 313-332.

Harrald, J.R. and F. Abordaif. 1995. "Evaluating Oil Spill Contingency and Prevention Plans using Measures of Quality. Proceedings, 1995 Oil Spill Conference. Long Beach, CA. API. Pp 37-44.

Harrald, J.R. and W. Money. 1995. "Using a Group Support System to Re-engineer the Disaster Damage Assessment Process." Proceedings, 1995 conference of the International Emergency Management Society. Nice, France. Pp. 437-442.

Harrald, John R. 1995. "Contingency Planning Using Expert Judgment in a Group Decision Support Center Environment". In Computer Supported Risk Management. G.E.G. Beroggi and W.A. Wallace (Eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers. The Netherlands.

Harrald, J.R. and T. Mazzuchi "Planning for Success: A Scenario Based Approach to Contingency Planning Using Expert Judgment" 1993. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 1:4. pp. 189-198

Carley, Kathleen and J.R. Harrald. "The Hurricane Andrew Response: Comparing Practice, Plan and Theory". Natural Hazard Observer XVII:2 pp 1-3

Harrald, J.R. and W.A. Wallace. 1992. "We Were Always Reorganizing..Some Crisis Management Implications of the Exxon Valdez Spill". Industrial and Environmental Crisis Quarterly, 6:3 pp. 197-217

Belardo, S. and J.R. Harrald. 1992. "A Framework for the Application of Group Decision Support Systems to the Problem of Planning for Catastrophic Events" IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 38:4 pp. 400-411

Harrald, J.R., H.S. Marcus, and W.A. Wallace. 1990. "The Exxon Valdez: An Assessment of Crisis Prevention and Management Systems". Interfaces 20:5 pp. 14-20

Harrald, J.R. and W.A. Wallace. 1988. "An Analytic Approach to Planning the Response to Technological Disasters", Industrial Crisis Quarterly 2. pp. 257-270

Belardo, S. Harrald, J.R., Wallace, W.A. and Ward, J., 1984. "A Partial Covering Model Approach to Siting Response Resources for Major Maritime Oil Spills. Management Science. 30:10, pp 1184-1196.

Harrald, J.R. 1990 "Contingency Planning: Building the Infrastructure for Crisis Decision Making" International Journal of mass Emergencies and Disasters 8. pp. 137-150.

Charnes, A. W.W. Cooper, J.R. Harrald, W.A. Wallace, 1976. "A Goal Interval Programming Model for Resource Allocation in a Marine Environmental Protection Program" Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 3. pp. 347-362.


Miscellaneous

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  • Other Interests: Skiing, Sailing

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