Contemporary Quality Leadership Principles: Do They Fit the Air Force Model?

Abstract

Quality Air Force (QAF) was supposed to allow the Air Force to deal with complex environmental changes by stressing the concepts of organizational vision, strategic planning, continuous improvement, empowerment, teamwork, and customer focus. This paper shows the results, however, have not dealt with environmental changes but instead have de-emphasized leadership at the junior officer and NCO levels, and taken the focus away from mission effectiveness. Recent changes may allow the Air Force to get back on course through the creation of symbols of shared identity. The launch of the Global Engagement vision, the development of a strategic plan, decisions to operationalize quality, and creation of the Air and Space Basic Course, re-elevate the importance of the profession of arms preventing the slide back into a cultural emphasis too heavily centered on processcentered civilian models of quality.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA398706

Entities

People

  • Bruce E. Springs

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Federal Budgets
  • Governments
  • Identities
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Science
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Quality Control
  • Total Quality Management
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space