Leading Change: Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP)

Abstract

Since 2004, The Department of the Army has been required to provide an annual report on sexual assault. The Army Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) office has been the lead agent for the report and program. Over the years, the SHARP office has gone through several organizational changes due to Department of Defense directed mandates and internal Army decisions. This paper examined the Army's SHARP program from 2004 to 2011 by using Kotter's eight-step process of creating major change in an organization. This examination of Army decisions and programs within each of the eight steps showed that the Army has made many significant improvements to address this issue and anchor these changes within its culture. In concluding, this paper provided recommendations in four areas related to formally developing a vision for the SHARP program and using additional ways to communicate the vision and programs to members of the active Army and more specifically to the Reserve Component.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA589105

Entities

People

  • Angela Andrew

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Social Media
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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