...Brandon J. Nowak 11/19/2015 Organizational Behavior – MBA545 The Army Crew Team Case Analysis Team Overview: This analysis is based on a crew team at West Point coached by Colonel Stas Preczewski. He has been a crewing coach for 9 years for both the Varsity and Junior Varsity Teams. This particular crew team races shells that are narrow and 60 feet long. The crew is made up of 8 rowers; one of the rowers is the “Coxswain” that steers the boat. The Coxswain is considered the leader of the team. His/Her responsibility is to carry out the strategic plan that the coach lays out. The top 8 individuals are chosen for the Varsity Team and the bottom 8 for the Junior Varsity Team. Current Situation: This sport consists of unique mental and physical attributes. The best teams have a balance of the following attributes: * Individual Strength * Rowing Technique * Psychological dimensions * Program organization Crew originated in 1856 with the first race being between Harvard and Yale. Races are typically 3.5 miles long and usually consist between 20 and 60 shells. They race against the clock instead of head to head, due to the amount of shells competing and the course. In order for a team to be successful they need to work as one. Individual strength and endurance is a key to success; however, team work is the essential success factor. If a team doesn’t work as one throughout the race, the smallest detail can inhibit them from success...
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...Problem Statement Coach Stas Preczewski (Coach P.) of the Army Crew team for the United States Military Academy at West Point believes that he has a championship caliber team. His rowers worked hard throughout the entire off-season, focusing on their physical abilities and rowing technique, and were eager to begin training camp at the Atlanta Retreat. Here, Coach P. implemented a number of commonly employed methods for objectively ranking the rowers from top to bottom. The top eight would form the Varsity team, and the bottom eight would form the Junior Varsity (JV) team. While at training camp, Coach P. made his selections for each team. He then confirmed his results by pitting the Varsity and JV boats in a race that Varsity won handily. Upon leaving Atlanta, the coach was unaware of the challenges to soon arrive. To Coach P.’s dismay, the Varsity boat’s impressive initial performance wasn’t an indicator for their future success. As the season progressed, his Varsity boat, consisting of the statistically highest quality rowers, would routinely lose in races against the JV boat. Since all the facts supported that the Varsity boat was comprised of the best rowers, the coach was dumbfounded as to what course of action was to be taken. As the JV team continued to defeat the Varsity throughout the season, the Varsity team struggled with various issues. The stress of their low performance combined with the humiliation of losing to an inferior team was a recipe for a disaster. As...
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...The Army Crew Team – Case Analysis Scott Sung-Won Kim This is a good example to show how teamwork is important. If the teamwork is not built and the members don’t trust each other, then any good performance couldn’t be achieved. The Varsity team keeps losing its race against the Junior Varsity team even though they were selected by the several objective tests like the seat racing and they proved they have better physical condition than JV team members. The National championship, a culmination of the season is just four days away and a Coach Preczewski has to decide how to solve this critical issue Here are some points on why they failed to build good teamwork * Coach P. mainly focused on physical ability rather than balancing with psychological variables * Coach P. didn’t try to consolidate the Varsity team to one team and couldn’t lead them to communicate each other with respectful attitude * There is no leader in the Varsity team * They blamed each other on the low performance as “touchy-feely” * There is no session to encourage the Varsity team even after losing races Coach P. should have focused more on the psychological points in the earlier stage as the US Olympic Committee’s research showed. During the seat race in the Atlanta, he should have considered the attitude and personality of each members as well. To build strong teamwork, I’d like to propose ‘Advocate Feedback’ communication which is to force the team members only to advocate the others...
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...environmental injury at basic training is rhabdomyolysis. This has been observed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, the leading IET/basic training facility for the United States Army.1 Rhabdomyolysis is an unforeseen, temporary roadblock for young men and women...
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...potential power available to the leader emanates from the two-dimensional co-existence perpetuated among the people relating with one another. The theory maintains the position that, a person’s aggregate power is evident from their ability to influence the conduct of the others, especially the led. According to the theory, the sources of energy include authority, which legitimizes the control of one individual, over another or others, due to the nature of their social structure. In some settings, power is exercised in a downwards or upwards style. In the case of a military situation, power is used to a downwards form (Younts & Mueller, 2001). The theory also emphasizes the necessity of some level of coercion, which is legitimized, legalized and viewed as force or influence. In the case of the military situation, the DOD reported that more than 25,000 crimes of a sexual nature were committed by the members of the U.S army (Department of Defense, 2012). Despite the fact that military structures are known to boast of integrity and extreme discipline, the power structure appears to perpetuate a culture of sexual abuse. Based on the theoretical outlook of the power dynamics theory, the perpetuation of sexual violence against women in the military, can be expressed with reference to the accordance of high power credits to men, as compared to their female counterparts (Sharp, 2010). The consequences of having the hyper-masculine outlook in force include that it creates a social...
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...potential power available to the leader emanates from the two-dimensional co-existence perpetuated among the people relating with one another. The theory maintains the position that, a person’s aggregate power is evident from their ability to influence the conduct of the others, especially the led. According to the theory, the sources of energy include authority, which legitimizes the control of one individual, over another or others, due to the nature of their social structure. In some settings, power is exercised in a downwards or upwards style. In the case of a military situation, power is used to a downwards form (Younts & Mueller, 2001). The theory also emphasizes the necessity of some level of coercion, which is legitimized, legalized and viewed as force or influence. In the case of the military situation, the DOD reported that more than 25,000 crimes of a sexual nature were committed by the members of the U.S army (Department of Defense, 2012). Despite the fact that military structures are known to boast of integrity and extreme discipline, the power structure appears to perpetuate a culture of sexual abuse. Based on the theoretical outlook of the power dynamics theory, the perpetuation of sexual violence against women in the military, can be expressed with reference to the accordance of high power credits to men, as compared to their female counterparts (Sharp, 2010). The consequences of having the hyper-masculine outlook in force include that it creates a social...
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...gender discrimination. The cases of the sex intolerance mostly appear in occupations. Some people conceive there are many professions that women are not supposed to do, like serving in military. The issue of women’s serving in the military has remained controversial for many decades. Although women have successfully proved that they cannot be called a weak gender any more, there are some occupations women should not be included, such as military. Fifty or seventy years ago, the notion of a women’s participation in the combat looked ridiculous, however it does not seem strange in modern society. Nevertheless, the question arises. Why do women serve in military...
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...Job Description and Recruiting Strategies Worksheet HRM/300 Fundamentals of Human Resource Management Job Description and Recruiting Strategies Worksheet Conduct an interview with someone who has a career or job position that is different from your own. Identify the duties associated with his or her position, as well as any skills and abilities necessary for the position. Use the information gathered in the interview as well as the Week 3 readings, to complete the following worksheet. Answer each question in paragraph format. JOB ANALYSIS 1. What are the duties and job responsibilities associated with the position held by the individual you interviewed? Synonymous to the titles of lawyers are esquire, public prosecutor, attorney, or counselor. The esquire is licensed by the state to practice law for legal matters. Lawyers are advisors on behalf of his or her client(s). As advocates, the esquire represents the complainant or a defendant progressing his or her client’s litigation via oral or written arguments; briefs or motions. 2. What are the types of knowledge, skills, and abilities that are needed to successfully accomplish the job responsibilities? Prior to becoming an attorney, the individual will realize at least seven years of post-secondary instruction; four years of undergraduate and attend a law school for three years. Receiving a bachelor's degree in any branch of learning qualifies an individual to attend law school;...
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...A decision to shift the United States strategy away from an American hegemony and toward a concert-balance strategy is thought provoking and needs serious consideration. Dr. Porter lays out a strong case for this change. When viewing current world affairs and ruling powers in emerging states, the United States can no longer be the sole first responder in the world. America needs to shift its strategic thinking, however, not necessarily to the degree of retrenchment described as hemispheric pullback or offshore balancing or worse pure isolationalism.1 These less expensive strategies might appear to be more attractive and palatable to the America, however they may be more detrimental. The level of withdrawal required could be viewed as the United States is abandoning its allies and with it destroying our credibility. A move to an over-the-horizon balancer may be a better alternative type of concert-balance strategy with today’s world political landscape. The growing multipolarity of the world political entities has to be taken into consideration in a shift in America’s strategic posture. The continued economic and military growth in China, the military reemergence of Russia and continual posturing of Iran helps advance the argument for a shift to a concert-balance strategy, with an emphasis on an over-the-horizon form. Countries like Germany, India, and Japan should be leveraged to allow them to emerge as regional balancers. Furthering these alliances regionally would...
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...Army officers learn from the onset of their careers the important role they play as problem solvers. The military institutions tasked with providing education to leaders spend vast amounts of time teaching the Army Problem Solving Process. With that being said, Army officers at all ranks would be better served if they were able to incorporate the elements of thought as defined by Drs. Paul & Elder into the military decision-making process. Although encompassed within the Army problem solving process, officers often fail to identify and incorporate the tenets of thought when making decisions resulting in potentially adverse consequences. The following examples will highlight how a failure to incorporate elements of thought into the decision-making...
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...me in to the person I am today. I am a natural introvert. Interacting with people is not something I am naturally fond of but this did not bode well for me as an Army officer. You are expected to lead Soldiers and Non-Commission Officer, most of which are your age or older. To overcome my awkward shyness, I had to adapt and in doing so I became very adept at how to deal with others around me. Most call this emotional intelligence. The challenge is new with each person as they all have unique personalities,...
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...War and Capitalism violation of Human Rights Capitalism is a form of government that promotes globalization, in it thoughts is Support the Military Industrial Complex, this term is related with government, Economy, army and war; most of the people think that this ideal develop peace And make all the countries that are in way of development or just not develop Better, but no, none of the thing is how they tell, sell or advertise. There are so Many Cases that shows all the madness and contradictory purposes that Powerful Countries are doing just for their country profit and government Interest. One example of the advantage that some countries take in military army is the Human shield, in most of the cases they use child to carry out target purposes, They use civilians to avoid combats attacks; this is a clear representation of Violation of human rights, this technique was start to be used in the II world War, but nowadays is also used in some conflicts like in Afghanistan, Israel- Palestinian, Iran, Syrian, Libyan and other countries on war, they use children as A shield, these children are considering soldier children. There are a lot of Civilians dyeing in this conflicts because of the arms and weapons that the Military industrial complex provides, and this king of deal between countries is Costing human lives and most of them are children. Another issue related to this topic, is the ideal of capitalism...
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...relics over the observance of money owed by persons in a contract, housekeepers who have been captured not at their will, adoption agencies not registered by the government and operate illegally, armed forces that recruit children especially in Colombia. In Africa and other poor countries, the menace of arranged marriage still exists. The act of slavery has been publically outlawed by many countries; nonetheless there are over 35 million slaves in the world. This essay will outline the reason, challenges and solution to slavery keeping emphasis on Colombia, where an estimated 15000 children are recruited as soldiers. In Colombia, instead of children going to school and institutions as normal children in a society do, they are recruited in the army to fight enemies of the state (singer 99) This paper will outline the reasons for this menace and ways these children are recruited. The government fails to protect the Colombian children thus violating human rights. According to the theory of universalism, basic human rights like right to life, food, shelter, clothing and movement are freely given at no cost. Exposing children to weapons instead of toys is clearly detrimental to the upbringing of a child. Moreover the child will get used to violence and once it matures, the child may end up being violent, brutish and nasty. Article 38 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child asserted that countries or nations shall take all feasible measures to safeguard those individuals...
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...The Things They Carried Gender Analysis Jimmy Cross the Lutenient of an active combat Army unit in Vietnam. Half the time his mind is cluttered with thoughts of Martha the young girl he dated before the war. All the letters that she wrote him cluster in Jimmy’s thoughts as he’s doing his duty in the Army. Jimmy and other members of his unit carry a number of different things as they navigate the thick underbrush of Vietnam. The unit also got in many conflicts with the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) and also the Viet Cong. Jimmy Carries memories of Martha with him wherever he goes as a man in love with a woman should. I know first hand how this feels I proposed to my girlfriend on the 25th. Me and Jimmy have things in common I carry pictures...
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...Final book paper David Schools HIUS 221-006 1 December 2014 INTRODUCTION The Revolutionary war began in 1775 for America’s Independence from Britain. With this war lasting until 1783, there were countless battles won and lost for both sides as well as detrimental casualties. With America being able to establish their independence amidst a war in 1776, it was inevitable that a price would have to be paid. The war was fought and won by the bravery and the true patriotism that its soldier’s had and put forth in every battle they faced. If this had not been the case, the soldiers may not have been able to endure the harsh conditions provided by the war and the outcome may have resulted in a very different way. Thanks to the account written from the perspective of a soldier named Joseph Plump Martin in the book Ordinary Courage: The revolutionary war adventures of Joseph Plumb Martin poeple are able to read a first had experience to the life of these soldiers, why they would even be attracted to or willing to join, and understand the general life of what it was like to have to go through this kind of war and endure one of America’s most important and greatest wars. BODY The Revolutionary war was started due to the rule that Britain was insisting on having over America and the resulting need for independence. America was tired of the countless taxes and unfair rules that Britain forced upon the country with the selfish desires of making money and gaining power through...
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