Strategic Conversations: How Effective Communication Enabled Successful Marine Corps Planning and Preparations for Operation Desert Storm

Abstract

This thesis applies an adaption of Richard L. Daft's strategic conversations model of communication to a case study of the communication behaviors of general officers and principal staff officers of I Marine Expeditionary Force during their planning and preparation for Operation Desert Storm. This model explains how I Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General's facilitation of strategic conversations among subordinate commanders and key staff planners created shared experienced, shared philosophy, familiarity, and trust. Incorporation of the components of the strategic conversations model in a revision of Marine Corps doctrine will institutionalize effective communication behaviors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 26, 2018
Accession Number
AD1176517

Entities

People

  • Christopher M. Kaprielian

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Wings
  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Case Studies
  • Combat Readiness
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Channels
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Fire Support
  • General Officers
  • Iraqi-War
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Science
  • New York
  • Persian Gulf
  • Public Administration
  • Task Forces
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).