Crisis leadership and complex crises: a search for competencies

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dc.contributor.advisorWoodbury, Glen
dc.contributor.advisorBellavita, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorSaltz, Michael E.
dc.contributor.departmentNational Security Affairs (NSA)
dc.dateDec-17
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-07T20:34:42Z
dc.date.available2018-02-07T20:34:42Z
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.description.abstractA vast amount of research examines leadership within a single organization, in a routine setting. Less research exists regarding leaders in multi-agency, chaotic, uncertain, and complex environments. To reduce the existing research gap in the study of leadership competencies, this study focused on leaders' actions and decisions during complex crises involving a multi-agency response. This thesis applied the meta-leadership framework to law enforcement leaders' actions during three contemporary homeland security crises. While this study found the meta-leadership model to be useful, the model failed to stress the importance of key elements that significantly affect leadership during crises, such as experience, technical skills, and training, as well as additional competencies discovered within the case studies. Thus, in lieu of developing a specific crisis leadership model, I recommend that agencies endeavor to understand the common crisis leadership competencies and strive to train and develop experienced crisis leaders. Agencies that lack practiced crisis leaders should consider having experienced crisis advisors available during such events.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceSupervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigationen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/crisisleadership1094556798
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/56798
dc.publisherMonterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
dc.rightsCopyright is reserved by the copyright owner.en_US
dc.subject.authorcrisisen_US
dc.subject.authorleadershipen_US
dc.subject.authorcomplex crisesen_US
dc.subject.authorcrisis managementen_US
dc.subject.authormeta-leadershipen_US
dc.subject.authorframeworksen_US
dc.subject.authorcompetenciesen_US
dc.titleCrisis leadership and complex crises: a search for competenciesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineSecurity Studies (Homeland Security and Defense)en_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Arts in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense)en_US
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