- Title:
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Developing Leaders for Decision Making Under Stress: Wildland firefighters in the South Canyon Fire and its aftermath
- Date:
- December 2005
- Organisations
- AMLE
- Authors:
- Michael Useem; James Cook; Larry Sutton
- Location:
- USA, United States of America
Overview
This article Developing Leaders for Decision Making Under Stress seeks to identify the sources of ineffective leadership decisions by focusing on ten decisions made by a leader of a wildland firefighter crew during the fatal South Canyon fire of 1996 that saw 14 firefighters killed.The authors discuss three factors that led to poor decision making:
- Under-preparation
- Acute stress
- Ambiguous authority
