Implementing the Army Family Covenant: How Well is the Army Doing?

Abstract

The Army Family Covenant (AFC) is the Army's promise to provide balance in sustaining Soldiers and their families by standardizing and funding family programs and services; providing top quality health care; improving housing; ensuring excellence in schools, youth programs, and child care; expanding employment and educational opportunities for families; improving Soldier quality of life; and providing Soldiers and their families a supportive environment where they can live and thrive. Change in a mature, successful organization is difficult, takes time and commitment, and requires an implementation strategy. Therefore, implementing the AFC will not only require change in concepts, programs, products, services, facilities, systems, and images, but more importantly, it will take commitment on the part of the Army's leadership to ensure that the AFC lives up to its promise. Using Kotter's Eight Stage Process of Creating Change, this paper will examine how well the Army is doing in implementing the AFC, and whether the program is reducing Army families' stress.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 27, 2009
Accession Number
ADA498089

Entities

People

  • Laura Avery

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Best Practices
  • Brain Injuries
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Families
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • Students
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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