Making Matters Worse An Anatomy of Leadership Failures in Managing Catastrophic Events

    Authors

    N. Kapucu;M. Van Wart

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Adm. Soc.

    Keywords

    catastrophic disasters; leadership; disaster management; leadership; competencies; Hurricane Katrina; PUBLIC-SECTOR; DISASTERS; KATRINA; LESSONS; Public Administration

    Abstract

    Catastrophic disasters require additional leadership capabilities because extreme events overwhelm local capabilities and damage emergency response systems themselves. Therefore, leaders at all levels must adapt and rebuild the response system, even while they are addressing the pressing needs of the disaster itself. Leaders can minimize or maximize the effects of the trigger event(s) by their actions and competence in dealing with this especially difficult set of overlapping and., frequently, even inconsistent tasks. This case studies the effects of the Katrina-Rita hurricanes on New Orleans and systematically examines how poor leadership-lacking a series of critical competencies required in extreme conditions-can maximize catastrophic events.

    Journal Title

    Administration & Society

    Volume

    40

    Issue/Number

    7

    Publication Date

    1-1-2008

    Document Type

    Article; Proceedings Paper

    Language

    English

    First Page

    711

    Last Page

    740

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000259885900003

    ISSN

    0095-3997

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