ORGANIZED FOR FAILURE
Essay Question and Instructions
Follow the steps to complete a minimum 750 word response to the question below.
• Read "Investigation of the Performance of the New Orleans Flood Protection Systems in Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005."(you can goggle it)
• Provide a detailed explanation of the underlying (systemic) factors leading to the New Orleans flood disaster of August, 2005.
• In producing your essay answer, place specific emphasis on the following:
To what degree was this disaster a result of failures in the risk assessment process itself, faulty organizational (structure, communications, etc.) and behavioral (political, etc.) dynamics inherent to the entire risk management process for NOFPS, or both?