Decision-Making in Crisis Situations : Research and Innovation for Optimal Training

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- I.1. References -- 1. Concepts, Tools and Methods for Crisis Management Training -- 1.1. The crisis unit at the heart of the process -- 1.2. Training for crisis units -- 1.3. Simulation of critical situations -- 1.4. The construction of crisis simulation exercises -- 1.5. The simulation and research platform of the Institute of Risk Sciences (IMT Mines Alès) -- 1.6. Conclusion -- 1.7. References -- 2. Towards A Serious Game Within the Frame of Major Crisis Simulations for Decision-makers: How Do We Connect the DOTs? -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. State of the art -- 2.2.1. Teaching strategy -- 2.2.2. Simulation strategy -- 2.2.3. Training environment -- 2.3. Methodology -- 2.3.1. Definition of "Degrees of Training" -- 2.3.2. Connecting the DOTs with a definition of the skills required -- 2.3.3. Skills activation by a crisis scenario -- 2.3.4. Scenario execution through a simulation -- 2.3.5. Simulation execution through a semi-virtual training environment (SVTE) -- 2.3.6. Towards serious gaming in a real infrastructure for crisis management training -- 2.4. Discussion -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 2.6. References -- 3. Improving Crisis Exercises and Managers' Skills through the Development of Scenario Design -- 3.1. What is a pedagogical scenario for a crisis exercise? -- 3.2. Why and for whom the script is crucial? -- 3.2.1. Stakes of scriptwriting for participants -- 3.2.2. Stakes of scriptwriting for animators -- 3.2.3. Stakes of scriptwriting for observers -- 3.3. How can we improve the pedagogical scripting of crisis exercises? -- 3.4. Methodology to develop a crisis exercise scenario -- 3.4.1. Prepare the scriptwriting -- 3.4.2. Better define the objectives to achieve.