Analysis of: A Military Leadership Assessment Development Program
Abstract
The Department of Defense has no objective or quantitative measure of Leadership Ability. With the advances made in the fields of psychometric testing and assessment over the past several years, it is the author's opinion that it's now possible to create a program that would provide an objective, quantitative measure of leadership ability. Implementation of a program such as this in the military would provide two positive results. First, it would provide an individual relative to his peers. It would also provide him or her with specific information regarding any weak areas. The second positive result from this type of assessment program is more long range. Under the current evaluation system, each officer is provided with a periodic subjective evaluation of his or her performance, including perceived leadership abilities. These evaluations are used as a basis for job selection and promotion. A number of jobs and positions in the military require higher levels of leadership ability, independent duty assignments, for example. If, in addition to this subjective evaluation report, an objective measure of each candidate's leadership abilities were available, selection boards would be able to make more enlightened decisions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA241082
Entities
People
- David A. Mawhinney
Organizations
- Air War College