The Artist's Approach to Military Decision-Making at the Operational Level,
Abstract
The monograph characterizes the process by which the operational level commander percieves the mission and the current situation, makes major decisions, and supervises the execution of his orders. It distinguishes those responsibilities which the commander, as the operational artist, should accomplish himself, from those responsibilities which the commander can properly delegate to his staff. The monograph then contrasts the current military decision-making process, as promulgated in FM 101-5, with an alternative system which emphasizes the role of the commander as the operation artist. Although this monograph is conceptual, rather than historical in focus, it draws heavily on the writings of World War II operational level commanders for its analysis, and upon a post-war decision-making model as the basis of its alternative approach to the process.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 16, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA174066
Entities
People
- Richard J. Quirk Iii
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College