Global Change: The Air Force's Successful Transformation to the Expeditionary Aerospace Force

Abstract

In an era of globalization, shrinking defense dollars and costly weapon systems, the services and defense agencies must increasingly transform into more cost-effective, versatile or lethal organizations. Unfortunately, most organizational transformation efforts are unproductive and abandoned before any appreciable change occurs. Against this pessimistic backdrop, the Air Force's successful transformation to the Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF) warrants examination. This study analyzes the EAF development process to distill seven factors that help explain why the transformation succeeded. It discusses the defense environment that. pressed for change, the EAF visioning process, the role played by senior Air Force leaders, the influence of organizational culture, and the way EAF was permanently embedded in the service. By focusing on the success factors, the study offers the EAF transformation as a potential template to manage future organizational change.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA389038

Entities

People

  • Kennth M. Konicki

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Air Power
  • Climate Change
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Periodicals
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space