Tacit Knowledge in Military Leadership: Some Research Products and Their Applications to Leadership Development.

Abstract

Tacit knowledge is defined as knowledge grounded in experience, intimately related to action, and not well support by formal training and doctrine. Tacit knowledge of leadership used by Army officers at three different levels of command have been identified, assessed, and developed into assessment inventories for each level. The inventories have been construct validated and proven to predict leadership effectiveness ratings at each level and to do so better than measures of verbal reasoning ability, tacit knowledge for business managers, or experience. This report summarizes the development process and identifies and discusses findings from the development process that have potential application in Army leadership development. The relationship of tacit knowledge to the future of military leadership is also discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA344857

Entities

People

  • George B. Forsythe
  • Jennifer Hedlund
  • Joseph A. Horvath
  • Robert Sternberg
  • Scott Snook

Organizations

  • Yale University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Army Personnel
  • Databases
  • Doctrine
  • Instructors
  • Inventory
  • Leadership
  • Lessons Learned
  • Psychology
  • Schools
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Thinking
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Theoretical Analysis.