Improving Troop Leading Procedures at the Joint Readiness Training Center
Abstract
The present investigation sought to measure the quality of troop leading procedures (TLPs) being performed at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and to determine the extent to which a job performance aid, the TLPs Guide, might improve the TLPs performance of leaders there. TLPs performance was measured by observer/controllers using the TLPs Checklist, a tool developed specifically for the investigation. Over the course of eight unit rotations at JRTC, 723 checklists were collected and analyzed. On 34 of 39 performance measures, leaders who had access to a TLPs Guide during their missions were found to conduct better TLPs than leaders who did not have access to the Guide. Group differences were found to be statistically significant on 8 of the measures obtained. The efficacy of the TLPs Guide was most apparent when leaders performed the third step in the TLPs process, making a tentative plan.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA450444
Entities
People
- Eric A. Baus
- Kenneth L. Evans
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences