To understand why this is a problem for organizations, we need to have an understanding of what “stove piping” is. According to our textbook, “stove piping” is where people only talk to each other within their own segments of their own organizations. (Phillips, Neal, & Webb, 2012) Maybe better understood as communicating only with other members of their department. The fire department will only communicate within the fire department.
Why is this a problem? If you have a disaster that involves many different agencies and each agency is communicating within its department, then issues might arise where they need to know important information and are not getting said information. Let me give an example, a tornado comes through Fort Sumner,
Why is this a problem? If you have a disaster that involves many different agencies and each agency is communicating within its department, then issues might arise where they need to know important information and are not getting said information. Let me give an example, a tornado comes through Fort Sumner,