Leadership for the 1970's
Abstract
The research objective in this study was to determine the type of leadership that would be most appropriate as the Army's personnel sustainment procedures changed from reliance on periodic draft calls to reliance on volunteer accessions. Inasmuch as Army leadership policy and practice have developed for almost 20 years in an environment where personnel sustainment was insured by conscription, there was good reason to believe that a zero-draft condition would present leadership challenges sufficiently different to warrant some modifications of existing leadership practices. Accordingly, a derivative objective of the AWC study was to assess the validity of the Army's institutional concept of leadership, reflected in the commonly accepted 11 Principles of Leadership, and, should this concept and these principles appear inappropriate or to some degree deficient to the leadership requirements of a zero-draft condition, to determine the concept and principles that would be appropriate. The ultimate purpose of the Army--success in combat--remained the single overriding consideration in both study design and execution.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 20, 1971
- Accession Number
- ADA100327
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army War College