Determining and Selecting Appropriate Human Resource Strategy Model for Managing Urban Disasters in Tehran

Tehran is prone to a variety of calamities. Therefore, many actions have been implemented to either prevent or mitigate the impacts of possible crises, some organizations have been established and those who regard Tehran disaster management as a profession and expertise have taken action. In the era in which human resources have the greatest position and importance in tangible and intangible assets, appropriate human resources strategy in the city of Tehran is regarded as an undeniable necessity. Due to the multiple activities of different people with variety of specialists in disaster management, the only way of tapping into proficient individuals and accurate measures in this realm is to take advantage of strategic management of human resource principles. By using this review study in which uses a literature review of disaster management and strategic management of human resource's theoretical foundations in addition to making use of the experience and knowledge of specialists and activists of these spheres, integrated human resource's strategy model has been discerned to be the most adaptable model to conditions of crrisis management for Tehran. In normal circumstances (i.e. pre-disaster phase), the dominant and main strategy for disaster management for Tehran should be commitment-based one, whereas contractual-based strategy should be the main priority in calamitous circumstances (i.e. post-disaster phase).