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Making Matters Worse

An Anatomy of Leadership Failures in Managing Catastrophic Events

Naim Kapucu

University of Central Florida, Orlando

Montgomery Van Wart

California State University, San Bernardino

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.

Key Words: catastrophic disasters • leadership • disaster management • leadership competencies • Hurricane Katrina

This version was published on November 1, 2008

Administration & Society, Vol. 40, No. 7, 711-740 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0095399708323143
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