Title

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

Authors

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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