Motivation: A Key to Leadership.

Abstract

Throughout history the effectiveness of the American fighting man has been tied directly to the motivation instilled by its military leaders. This paper attempts to explore motivation as an integral part of the area of leadership by examining some great masters in the field. The essay centers on the psychological factors as the genesis for motivation, and projects through historical examples prognosis for the future viewing of leadership. It is concluded by this review that motivation is a key to leadership and so is outstanding leadership sensitive to the forces required to generate positive actions, a key to motivation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 24, 1984
Accession Number
ADA149416

Entities

People

  • J. F. Johnson

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Army
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Human Behavior
  • Identification
  • Leadership
  • Military Families
  • Military Organizations
  • Motivation
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Recognition
  • Security
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).