Leadership for the 1970's
Abstract
The findings of this study include: Degree of satisfaction with Army leadership varies significantly by grade level (higher grade, higher satisfaction), varies only slightly between combat and noncombat conditions, and does not vary by radical group; and in general, soldiers are satisfied with leadership in basic training and dissatisfied with leadership in advanced individual training. (soldiers are disappointed if high standards of performance are not set and maintained). Several factors were found to be compounding the problem of applying correctly the principles of leadership: Leader's perception of the current system of military justice as impeding their ability to enforce standards; Diversion of soldiers from primary duties by details and levies; Misuse of soldiers' time; Lack of authority to reward good performance with time off; Feeling by junior officers and junior NCO's with primarily Vietnam experience that they are ill-prepared for peacetime leadership; Apparently wide variation in the standards by which general officers measure leadership effectiveness of their subordinates; and Significant defects (lack of communication, inattention to human needs, etc.) in the professional climate corroborating findings of other pertinent recent studies of the military organization.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- ADA100222
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army War College