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company can run well again. According to Holsti in his journal Putri (2021) the crisis is seen as
a carrier of shock and threat to the important value of the company and there is not much time
for the company or organization to make a decision to deal with it. The crisis is also seen as a
"turning point of historical life", namely a turning point in life whose effect has a significant
impact, either in a negative or positive direction, it all depends on how individual business people
or corporate groups respond to the crisis they face (M. S. Putri, 2021).
Crisis management is an important design method of crises or negative turning points, a
method of risk and uncertainty that is transformed from negative periods and strives for a
company or organization in its activities to be able to handle itself. The effectiveness of crisis
management is not only to reduce or stop a crisis, but before the crisis occurs, it can give the
company a more positive reputation. There are several ways to manage a crisis including:
1. Identify the crisis by deploying a company team that intends to search for and collect all
the necessary data and on the same day the team must draw conclusions from the data it
processes about the crisis at hand..
2. Crisis analysis, This analysis work is behind the desk by using the ability to read the crisis
problems that will be faced..
3. Isolate the crisis, If the crisis is already considered a disease to protect the spread of the
crisis widely, isolation efforts must be made before action is taken later..
4. The choice of strategy, the generic strategy is determined first before starting the
communication steps as crisis control, there are three types of generic strategies, namely:
First, the defensive strategy of steps that can be taken, which includes things such as buying
time, not taking any action, only protecting themselves by being tough. Second, the
adaptive strategy steps that can be taken include things such as changing policies, modified
operations, agreements, straightening the image. Third, the dynamic strategy of using this
strategy has a large or comprehensive nature capable of changing the company's behavior,
which can be through acquisition mergers, new investments, selling shares, making new
products, cooperating with power, throwing new issues as a distraction..
5. Control program, this program is a measure of use that is done to lead to a generic strategy
that was created long before the crisis arose as a shield. This control program is different
from the generic strategy, this program is usually compiled when the crisis arises. The
application of this control program to the company includes branches, industries of the
same business union, communities, company divisions (M. S. Putri, 2021).
The field of risk management has become an important discipline to maintain the resilience and
success of an organization or company, with the rapidly changing world, entanglements and uncertainties
that are generated. (Lubis et al., 2023). Crisis management needs to be done is to (1) the effects of
the crisis are faced by preparing a good defense, (2) in order to be able to respond appropriately
to the crisis that befalls, (3) to design a gradual step as a recovery process after the crisis takes
place. (Suryani & Sagiyanto, 2018). Apart from that, the implementation of crisis management is
also necessary to minimize the losses caused and strengthen the fortress in the face of the crisis.
(Suwandi et al., 2023).
Small Business People
In the business world, both in large companies and micro, small and medium enterprises
(MSMEs), marketing is one of the spears for the success of a business. For example, in late 2019,
the whole world experienced a crisis caused by COVID-19, a disease that can be transmitted from
human to human. The existence of the pandemic has caused a problem for all countries, including
Indonesia. Emergency and aggressive measures are taken by all countries in the world as an effort
to prevent and overcome the spread of the COVID-19 virus, these actions are ordered by the
World Health Organization. The covid-19 virus is increasing day by day in Indonesia, therefore
the implementation of Large-Scale Social Restrictions or called (PSBB) is carried out by the
Indonesian government in an effort to prevent the covid-19 virus (Yanuar et al., 2022). This resulted
in a significant decline in the Indonesian economy, considering that micro, small and medium
enterprises are one of the largest economic bases in Indonesia (Akmal & Arifa, 2023). Therefore,