Accountability - The Pillar of Successful Command.

Abstract

This research project explores the principle of accountability and its relationship to successful command in the military. Recent events in the Air Force have highlighted the need for increased accountability for misdeeds and errors. Air Force senior leadership has tackled the problem head-on by emphasizing the importance of accountability and creating personnel policies that lead to increased accountability. This paper suggests there are several layers of accountability that impact overall unit performance. New Air Force guidance on this issue is addressing only individual accountability and there is a wider spectrum that needs attention. This paper also suggests that the Air Force guidance, while beneficial in some respects, may have an undesired impact on overall performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1996
Accession Number
ADA309480

Entities

People

  • James R. Phillips Jr

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Operations
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Court Martial
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Radar
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design