ABSTRACT
Fundamental essence: Designing and applying a systems approach to examine health preparedness for serious emergencies-£rst at local and regional levels and then at a whole-of-nation level.
Topical relevance: Health outcomes delivered as a whole-of-nation system comprising public, privatenongovernmentorganizations,medicalassociations,not-for-pro£t,andvolunteerorganizations.Shaping,directing,andmanagingthatenterprisesystemtoreducerisk,improvereadiness
Case Study Elements ...................................................................................................................... 313 Keywords ....................................................................................................................................... 314 Abstract .......................................................................................................................................... 314 Glossary ......................................................................................................................................... 315 Background .................................................................................................................................... 315 Purpose ........................................................................................................................................... 318 Complex Enterprise-Comprising Multiple Systems of Systems ................................................. 319 Challenges ...................................................................................................................................... 322 Development .................................................................................................................................. 325
Implementation ......................................................................................................................... 331 Testing the Methodology Design in a Pilot Study .................................................................... 331 Value of Integrating Risk .......................................................................................................... 335 Synthesis and Analysis of Options for Government ................................................................. 336
Results ............................................................................................................................................ 339 Analysis .......................................................................................................................................... 339
View on the Dominant Systems Methodologies ....................................................................... 339 View on the Comprehensiveness of the Strategy Formation ..................................................... 339
Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 342 Conclusions .................................................................................................................................... 343 Questions for Discussion ............................................................................................................... 343 References ......................................................................................................................................344
