Crisis management is often caused by
a. Inappropriate workloads
b. Budget cuts
c. Lack of supplies
d. Poor planning
D
Crisis management involves poor planning and can often be avoided by looking into the future and anticipating inappropriate workloads (response A), budget cuts (response B), and lack of supplies (response C).
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