Is the Army Developing Strategic Leaders?

Abstract

Given today's strategic environment and the demand put on the officer corps at every level, is the Army currently developing strategic leaders? The US Army doctrine and the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) provide a definition and list of competencies that outlines what a strategic leader should possess. With that definition and list of competencies, the researcher will examine three military leaders, showing linkage to doctrine, which will illustrate examples of this doctrinal definition. Once this is established the research will illustrate the evolution over the last 70 years of the Officer Personnel Management System, through laws passed by Congress that set policy for the Army to arrive at its current system. The research showed that the current Officer Personnel Management System prepares officers to be strategic leaders.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 12, 2015
Accession Number
ADA624047

Entities

People

  • Jonathan L. Hawkins

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Instructors
  • Law
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Officer Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Professional Development
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.