Mission Command Essays (Examples)
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Mission Command
Introduction
There is no assigned definition for mission command. This is to say that there are various definitions that have been floated in the past in an attempt to express this particular … in the past in an attempt to express this particular warfighting function. As a matter of fact, there are different definitions assigned to mission command under Army doctrine and the Joint Doctrine. In addition to highlighting what I learnt about mission command, this discussion will also assess how I intend to apply the philosophy as well as concepts of mission command in my future duty.
Discussion
What I learnt about mission command
As per the Army Doctrine Publication 6-0, “mission command is the exercise of authority and direction by the command using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the command's intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations” (U.S. Army,……
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Hill, A. & Niemi, H. (2017). The Trouble with Mission Command: Flexive Command and the Future of Command and Control. Retrieved from https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/Article/1223929/the-trouble-with-mission-command-flexive-command-and-the-future-of-command-and/
Join Chiefs of Staff (2012). Mission Command White Paper. Retrieved from https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Publications/missioncommandwhitepaper2012.pdf
Muth, J. (2011). Command Culture: Officer Education in the U.S. Army and the German Armed Forces, 1901-1940, and the Consequences for World War II. Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press.
Shamir, E. (2011). Transforming Command: The Pursuit of Mission Command in the U.S., British, and Israeli Armies. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
U.S. Army (2012). ADP 6-0: Mission Command – Command and Control of Army Forces. Retrieved from https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN19189_ADP_6-0_FINAL_WEB_v2.pdf
Vandergriff, D.E. (2017). Adopting Mission Command: Developing Leaders for a Superior Command Culture. Washington, DC: Naval Institute Press.
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Mission Command
What is the Art of Leadership
mission command is defined in the Army Doctrine Publication 6-0 as “the exercise of authority and direction by the command using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the command's intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified land operations” (McBride & Snell, 2017). The philosophy and concepts of mission command can be found in the six guiding principles of mission command, which are: 1) using mutual trust to build a cohesive team, 2) creating a sense of shared understanding, 3) being clear about what … are: 1) using mutual trust to build a cohesive team, 2) creating a sense of shared understanding, 3) being clear about what the command’s intent is, 4) exercising an initiative that is disciplined, 5) using mission orders, and 6) accepting prudent risk (Hutchings, 2018). Thus, one can see that the most important concepts in the philosophy of mission command……
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Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. American psychologist, 56(3), 218.
House, R. J. (1996). Path-goal theory of leadership: Lessons, legacy, and a reformulated theory. The Leadership Quarterly, 7(3), 323-352.
Hutchings, P. (2018). The Philosophy of Mission Command and the NCO Corps. Retrieved from https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/NCO-Journal/Archives/2018/February/Philosophy-of-Mission-Command/
McBride, D. & Snell, R. (2017). Applying mission command to overcome challenges. Retrieved from https://www.army.mil/article/179942/applying_mission_command_to_overcome_challenges
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Incident Command System ICS
Introduction to the Incident command System (ICS)
The Incident command System (ICS) is a standardized organization model or method for incident response and management during disasters. The system is made up of standard … not use ICS, and extra workload and complications, the system can offer organizations with greater effectiveness, flexibility, cross-functional and cross-jurisdictional working relationships, transitioning command authority procedures, and communication plans from a single management level to another. The structure of the ICS puts emphasis on federal administrators’ vertical … workers. According to the ICS-300 training manual, it takes 14 features to boost ICS effectiveness. It also shows how to structure the chain command, disaster response, and decision-making. According to Lutz and Lindell (2008), the features together with adequate staffing, front-line disaster response, and relationships development before … excluding unorganized groups or individuals from engaging in disaster response activities. Wenger (1990) also pinpoints the ICS application limitations. ICS’……
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AmeriCorps St. Louis. (2016). “Missouri Winter Flooding 2016.” Retrieved from https://www. americorps-stl.org/our-teams/emergency-response-team/disaster-deployment-archive/missouri-winter-flooding-2016/.
Buck, Dick A., Joseph E. Trainor, and Benigno E. Aguirre. (2006). “A Critical Evaluation of the Incident Command System and NIMS.” Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 3(3).
Bigley, Gregory A. and Karlene H. Roberts. (2001). “The Incident Command System: High-Reliability Organizing for Complex and Volatile Task Environments.” Academy of Management Journal, 44(6): 1281-1299.
Butterfield, Karen. (2016, January 21). “AmeriCorps Helping Flood Victims Find Place to Stay.” The Missourian. Retrieved from http://www.emissourian.com/local_news/washington/americorps-helping-flood-victims-find-place-to-stay/article_56f75bab-87de-5198-843e-bdfdb8229b5a.html.
Cardwell, Michael D. and Patrick T. Cooney. (2000). “Nationwide Application of the Incident Command System: Standardization Is the Key.” FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin 69.10: 10-16.
Cole, Dana. (2000). The Incident Command System: A 25-Year Evaluation by California Practitioners. National Fire Academy.
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). (2014). “Disaster Response Framework.” Retrieved from http://www.nationalservice.gov/sites/default/files/documents/CNCS%20DSU%20 Disaster%20Response%20Framework.pdf.
Dynes, Russell Rowe. (1970). Organized Behavior in Disaster. Lexington, MA: Heath Lexington.
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Army Leadership Philosophies
… they have to one day think for themselves. However, the Army does not teach such a version of leadership. The six principles of mission command are based on the idea that even followers are expected to lead and make decisions on their own at some point—and effective command leaders are responsible for making sure that followers know that (ADRP 6-0, 2012).
Some of the most important components of leadership are the ……
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ADRP 6-0. (2012). Mission command. Headquarters, Department of the Army.
Santas, G. (1980). The form of the Good in Plato\\'s Republic. Philosophical Inquiry, 2(1), 374-403.
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US Army Human Resource Doctrine
… best approach for developing future Army leaders. Furthermore, Army Training and Leader Development describe an organizational framework for developing the next generation of mission Officers (NCOs) based on three learning domains: Namely, self-development, operational, and institutional (United States Department of the Army, 2017). Senior leaders / Sergeant … Department of the Army, 2017). Senior leaders / Sergeant Major should also read the following publications: Theater-Level Human Resources Support (ATP) 1-0.2, Army command Policy (AR) 600-20, and Legal Support to the Operational Army (FM) 1-04, and Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program (AR) 600-81. The … tracking of causalities at the unit level, provision of casualty assistance, and next of kin (NOK) notifications.
Personnel support includes army band operations, command interest programs, and morale, recreation, and welfare operations (United States Department of the Army, 2014). Welfare operations include sports programs and recreation support. … operations (United States Department of……
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United States Department of the Army. (2014). Field Manual FM 1-0 Human Resources Support April 2014. Retrieved from website: https://armypubs.us.army.mil/doctrine/index.html
United States Department of the Army. (2013). Field Manual FM 1-04 Legal Support to the Operational Army March 2013. Retrieved from website:
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Organizational Concepts
Organizational mission: the organization's mission and purpose, stated in terms of benefits to customers, employees, and society
The mission of an organization is its guiding purpose, its reason for existing beyond the superficial aims of profiting its shareholders, owners, and staff members. … purpose, its reason for existing beyond the superficial aims of profiting its shareholders, owners, and staff members. At the very least, the organizational mission is linked to its core goals or objectives, which include the target population or market it serves, as well as why, and most … well as why, and most importantly, how it will achieve those goals (Ahmed, 2019). The organization can also choose to break down its mission into more specific parts, explaining factors like its operating goals, overall performance objectives, use or allocation of resources, position in the marketplace, and … explaining factors like its operating goals, overall performance objectives, use or……
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Ahmed, A. (2019). Importance of mission vision in organizational strategy. The Chronicle. Retrieved from: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/importance-mission-vision-organizational-strategy-16000.html
Daft, R.L. (2013). Organizational theory and design. Boston: Cengage.
Metcalf, T. (n.d.). Contingency theory of organization. The Chronicle. Retrieved from: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/contingency-theory-organization-73865.html
Morgan, G. (2006). Images of organization. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Sire, J.W. (2009). The universe next door. Intervarsity.
Suhomlinova, O. & Currie, G. (2016). Organizational contingencies. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoso019.pub2
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Retention In The National Guard
… the cost and time taken to retrain new enlisted forces and officers. Good retention rates are also important to ensure assigned tasks or mission can be completed quickly and efficiently. The best way to ensure that the Army National Guard (ARNG) retains as much of its personnel … Guard retaining soldiers? Is the military meeting its strength numbers target?
· How can the ARNG staff especially the Sergeant Majors and the command Sergeant Major help to reverse the poor retention in the military unit?
· What strategies can implemented to deal with poor retention at ……
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Hurricane Katrina Military Response
… the wake of Hurricane Katrina was a lack of preparedness and leadership at both the local and the federal level. New Orleans’ Incident command System (ICS) was not prepared for the type of flooding the city saw. Prior to the hurricane, the ICS had really only been … up to the military to provide assistance, and since the military—particularly the U.S. Coast Guard was animated by coherent and unified “spirit of mission,” it was able to rise to the challenge and provide relief, support and rescue operations that FEMA and the local agencies were unable … by FEMA.
Conclusion
What the response of the military shows is that communication is essentially, pre-planning is even better, and a spirit of mission is a must. The U.S. Coast Guard had the training, expertise, leadership, experience, vision and spirit of mission to leap into action and take leadership when it became apparent……
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The Brookings Institution. (2007). 9/11, Katrina and the future of interagency disaster response. Retrieved from https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/20070529.pdf
E-PARCC Collaborative Governance Initiative. (2008). Collaboration Amid Crisis: The Department of Defense During Hurricane Katrina Teaching Note. Retrieved from https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/uploadedFiles/parcc/eparcc/cases/Moynihan-%20Teaching%20Notes.pdf
Lewis, D. E. (2009). Revisiting the administrative presidency: Policy, patronage, and agency competence. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 39(1), 60-73.
Philipps, D. (2017). Seven hard lessons responders to Harvey learned from Katrina. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/us/hurricane-harvey-katrina-federal-responders.html
Samaan, J. L., & Verneuil, L. (2009). Civil–Military Relations in Hurricane Katrina: a case study on crisis management in natural disaster response. Humanitarian Assistance: Improving US-European Cooperation, Center for Transatlantic Relations/Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD/Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin, 413-432.
Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. (2006). A failure of initiative. Retrieved from http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/15feb20061230/www.gpoaccess.gov/katrinareport/mainreport.pdf
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Clausewitz The Future Of The Air Power
… air power will be applied in the future, two important areas must be considered. First, for the USAF to carry out its core mission effectively, it must continue to improve its capabilities. Only a completely capable USAF will be able to carry out all its core mission. Second, for the USAF to continue playing a key role in the defense of the United States, it also needs to improve its … innovation studies, 905-934]
Conclusion
As it is evident above, airpower has already changed and will further change the future of war. The core mission of the USAF include air control, ISR, air mobility, and strike. These mission and the critical systems that enable them are continuing to be enhanced through the use of technology and cyberspace. The changes are impacting ……
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Bender, Willaim J., and William D. Bryant. Assuring the USAF core missions in the information age. Office of the Secretary of the Air Force Washington United States, 2016.
Clodfelter, Mark. "Back from the future: The impact of change on airpower in the decades ahead." Strategic Studies Quarterly 3, no. 3 (2009): 104-122.
Grissom, Adam. "The future of military innovation studies." Journal of strategic studies 29, no. 5 (2006): 905-934.
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF-JCS. "Joint Operating Environment JOE 2035: The Joint Force in a Contested and Disordered World. US Joint Chiefs of Staff, J7, Joint Force Development [cit. 2016-07-01]." (2016).
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CEOs And Presidents
...Mission command Influence Practices of Elon Musk and Jeff Skilling
CEOs and Presidents
Abstract
This paper looks at the influence processes of three CEOs: Elon Musk of Tesla, Alex Gorsky of Johnson & Johnson, and Jeff Skilling of Enron. These leaders have various strengths and faults and their leadership approaches are all different and to some extent based on their own personalities and styles of management. Some have met with more success than others, and some have met with more failure. Gorsky has succeeded at leading Johnson & Johnson for the past 8 years. Skilling failed in his leadership role at Enron and was jailed for fraud. Musk has seen a string of successes and failures during the course of his tenure as head of Tesla. This paper discusses their various influence processes, analyzes their strengths and weaknesses and summarizes their key attributes that effect positive organizational change and improved performance.
Introduction……
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Brown, M. E., & Treviño, L. K. (2014). Do role models matter? An investigation of role modeling as an antecedent of perceived ethical leadership. Journal of Business Ethics, 122(4), 587-598.
Chamers, M.M. (2014). An Integrative Theory of Leadership (4thed.). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
De Vries, M.F.K. (1998). Charisma in action: The transformational abilities of Virgin's Richard Branson and ABB's Percy Barnevik. Organizational Dynamics, 26(3), 7-21.
Healthcare Technology Report. (2019). Alex Gorsky is the all-American CEO. Retrieved from https://thehealthcaretechnologyreport.com/alex-gorsky-is-the-all-american-ceo/
Holmes, A. (2007). Ethics: Approaching moral decisions. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Kameda, T., Ohtsubo, Y., & Takezawa, M. (1997). Centrality in sociocognitive networks and social influence: An illustration in a group decision-making context. Journal of personality and social psychology, 73(2), 296.
Kolodny, L. (2018). Elon Musk’s extreme micromanagement has wasted time and money at Tesla, insiders say. Retrieved from https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/19/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-extreme-micro-manager.html
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