%0 Journal Article
%T Coordination in a Governmental Disaster Mega-Organization
%J International journal of mass emergencies and disasters
%D 1995
%A Denis, H.
%V 13
%N 1
%P 25-43
%X Disasters, natural or technological, involve an interorganizational response that can take a structural form called the disaster mega-organization (DMO). The discussion will show how this concept is related to others in the field, and how the DMO coordination can be problematic, as illustrated by a PCB fire in Quebec, Canada. This case study also demonstrates that coordination is negotiated by those who must respond to a disaster. Finally, the mega-organization in a used-tire dump fire, also in Quebec, two years later, shows that there can be organizational learning and organizational changes in the DMO.<p />
%G 
%I International Sociological Association, International Research Committee on Disasters
%@ 0280-7270
%U http://dx.doi.org/