Organizational Climate Building and Cultural Integration in Coalition Warfare.

Abstract

Global changes in military affairs clearly predicate that U.S. strategic leaders must make a paradigm shift in the way they intend to prosecute warfare in the 21st Century. This study examines the relevance or value of organizational climate-building in a joint, multinational alliance or coalition environment. It argues that strategic leaders will be more successful if they focus on climate-building and culture integration, rather than on development of organizational culture. More importantly, organizational culture-building is a long term proposition, a condition which does not support operations with transient organizations in a geostrategic environment. This paper applies findings in studies of high performing organizations to current strategic affairs. Moreover, it takes into account strategic lessons learned in coalition and alliance operations from World War I to Operation Desert Storm.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA308636

Entities

People

  • Cornelius Easter

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • California
  • Climate Change
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Military Education
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Personality
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Strategic Security Studies