Management Functions in Times of Crisis The past few years have clearly demonstrated that disasters - natural or manmade - disrupt business. Identify a recent disaster and an organization that was impacted during that disaster. Explain how the functions of management - planning, organizing, leading and motivating, and controlling were necessary to keep the organization active and productive during that time. Further identify the type of leadership - autocratic, participative, or entrepreneurial - that you feel would be the most effective in that particular time and type of crisis. Be prepared to defend your answers