The Importance of Teaching Followership in Professional Military Education

Abstract

Danny Miller (1992) coined the phrase Icarus paradox to describe how having a competitive advantage and superiority status can lead to an unforeseen failure of organizations and individuals that do not maintain situational awareness. Miller (1992) argues that people and organizations get caught in a vicious circle whereby their victories and strengths so often seduce them into the excesses that cause their downfall.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1099470

Entities

People

  • Paul Berg

Organizations

  • Army University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Field Grade Officers
  • Governments
  • Labor Unions
  • Leadership
  • Learning
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Education
  • Military Organizations
  • Psychology
  • Situational Awareness
  • Training
  • Universities

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.