...Military vs. Civilian Organizational Behavior Randall Forrest Grantham University Military vs. Civilian Organizational Behavior Organizational behavior (OB) is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structures have on behavior within an organization. It is an interdisciplinary field that includes sociology, psychology, communication, and management; and it complements the academic studies of organizational theory and human resource studies (wikipedia.com). The primary focus of OB is that of people, what they do and how their behavior affects individual, group and organizational performance. Studying about such topics as organizational behavior will help develop a better work-related understanding about individuals and how their actions affect other people and themselves as it applies to their environment. “People are the organization’s most important assets”(Shermerhorn, Jr. 2005) these words have resonated through many different agencies over the years and they still hold true today. Organizations should take it seriously if they choose to apply or quote these words. Organizations both military and civilian must learn to value their employees so that when the time comes, employees will do the same for the organization. The military uses a unique organizational behavior, which is, governed by a set of rules and regulations the Uniform Code of Military Justice as well as many more. This gives the military branches...
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...~ Gen. MacArthur The military is not a Profession. I submit that it is an occupation with professional values, which stands amongst other professions. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines a profession as a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation. To classify the military as a profession would mean that completion of basic training, regardless of individual skill or education level, meets that definition. Officers are required to have completed at least four years of secondary education; however it does not have to be even remotely related to the field that they work. The US military holds a unique standard when compared to other civil and federal organizations. The US Military is a conglomerate of diverse individuals with varying levels of skills and education, who choose to forfeit many of their civil rights and for some more lucrative opportunities in order to serve; many joined because of a sense of a calling, others out of necessity but few if any believed that when they enlisted that they were joining a profession. As a means to instill a level of professionalism, the military instituted the use of the Warrior Ethos in 2003. This was one of the first in a series of steps geared towards instilling a sense of pride in our Soldiers while reassuring the American public that our military was prepared to face any challenge. One of the key points to this campaign was the concept that the military was not merely an occupation...
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...If using military forces to achieve a given political intent is what practitioners consider strategy, then Grand Strategy is how a state’s diplomats use their capable military force to secure their state’s interests by aligning resources with goals. Using this consideration, then it is plausible that politicians use the US military to maintain our interests both at home and abroad—especially if it means we maintained a global hegemony. Therefore, after reading Dr. Porter’s monograph “Sharing Power? Prospects For a U.S. Concert-Balance Strategy,” I agree with his point that the US will retract their commitments based on a response to a decline in relative power through retrenchment, but disagree that this is a new thought because American politicians have always spent resources, legislated, threatened or fought to defend what was deemed most important at the time. Retrenchment is the departure from strategic assurances to readdress resources on “core commitments” that reestablish our essential functions. This reduction of our foreign policy commitments forced us to accept that our post Cold War focus of uncontested primacy, or global hegemony as the preferred status in the world, can no longer be maintained. That is why the Department of Defense (DoD) revamped the National Defense Strategy in 2012 forcing the DoD to establish more agile, flexible, rapidly deployable, technologically advanced, and cost effective forces. Politicking this shift, former Secretary of Defense...
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...past weekend??? Do you feel safe in America at this time? Well im Desmond and today we are going to talk about reasons we should not cut the Military Defense Budget. The 2016 national defense budget is 534 billion. I know that is a lot of money but can we really put a number on our safty. I got that fiqure from the Department of Defense website under fiscal year 2016 which started on Oct 1,2015 There are a lot of reasons we should maintain this budget but im going to highlight 3 of them. According to the Department of Defense website the US has a total 1,486,000 millitary personal on active duty with that in mind if we make cuts to the budget we could lose key personal in military ranks that could hurt us in some areas like intelligence, special forces and aviation. According to Global Firepower.com and business insider.com the United States has the best Trained Military personal in the World . My second argument is that in order to keep this elite status and to protect America we must maintain the budget and continue to train at a top level. Based on the current and past terrorist acts throughout the World if we make any cuts to the current budget we could lose the proper equipment that we use to aid military personal who need these tools to help while protecting this great country. The Equipment is a vidail in the fight to prevent terrorism and...
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...DEFINE THE CONCEPT OF CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS. COMPARE CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS BETWEEN MALAYSIA AND ANOTHER STATES Introduction Civil Military Relations (CMR) describes the military and its relationship with the political system and society which it part is of.[1] Other scholar such as Huntington in his book Soldier and States dictate CMR as military security policy which together with internal and situational security policies is an aspect of national security policy, working at both the operational and institutional levels. In the laymen word, it describes the relationship between the civil authority of a given society and its military authority. Studies of CMR often rest on a normative assumption that civilian control of the military or military control of the state.[2] Civilian government control of the military basically happen in the countries that have developed political culture. Meanwhile, military will use is power to control the government and the state when society’s respect for civilian government are low. In other situation is when high level of external threat creates a massive destruction to the state or people, military will intervention is more likely. This essay will compare the CMR between Malaysia and Myanmar in order to differentiate and give clear understanding between civilian controls the military or military control the civilian. Civil – Military Relations in Malaysia Since independence, the Malaysian elites...
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...Lauri Goodling English 1101 September 27, 2010 Military Life vs. Civilian life Life in the military offers many benefits that are not available to most people living a civilian life. Joining the military is a defining moment in a person’s life and has long-term effects on his or her immediate family. The sacrifices of a soldier may include long absence from home and family, deployment to dangerous places, and uncertainty of personal safety. Nonetheless, the benefits of serving in the military outweigh any conceived possibility of danger, discomfort, or homesickness. The military provides education/specialized training and healthcare, creates jobs, and offers opportunities for traveling to different places in the world. The current state of the job market in America is very limited to those with little education or any specialized training. For civilians seeking a new career, they are forced with having to pay for the training unlike their military counterparts. The military has a wide range of occupational specialties (MOS) from which any service member can choose upon entering or at any time during their career. Unlike civilians who usually must maintain a job in order to have an income, military personnel are paid while in school learning occupational skills. Along with the expense of paying for training, civilians also must seek employment on their own and can choose to work anywhere they want. Adversely, military personnel do not have the option of choosing where...
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...Military vs. Civilian life There are a tremendous number of differences and similarities between military life and civilian life. There is a certain stereotype about the military; that everything is a yell in your face type atmosphere, but its not. There is also a certain stereotype about civilian life as well. It is considered easier than the military lifestyle. The military life is very structured and disciplined. A soldier is supposed to act and conduct himself according to the military guidelines at all times. There is a law for everything a soldier does, from how he should walk to how he should talk. A soldier is suppose to walk erect, hands at his side, hands cuffed at the middle joints, the arms should swing nine inches to the front and six inches to the rear. A soldier has to address the person he is speaking to in the correct manner. He will acknowledge an officer as sir or ma’am, and an enlisted by his/her proper rank. There is a regulation governing how much a soldier can weigh at a certain height. If he weighs too much, then he must be taped. Being taped means to see how much body-fat a person has. If he has too much fat, then he will be placed on the overweight program. The program offers the soldier a certain amount of time to try and lose the amount of excess fat. If he is not able to lose it, then he could be kicked out of the military. There is also a regulation on how a soldier must wear his uniform. The Dress Blues are to have...
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...death toll associated with intrastate wars. The Republic of Guatemala, a post-colonial representative democracy, is the most populous Central American country; incidentally, this nation of sixteen and a half million people have been wrought with the military and socio-political disputes provoked by the ethnic and socio-economic status of its citizens. The resulting civil war had been one of the most deadly and enduring military contests on the American continent. The fighting between the government and rebel groups lasted over...
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...federal civilian and state and local government employees has risen over time. • The growth of federal employment has been much smaller than the growth at the state and local level. 20.0 Millions 15.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2004 2006 Federal Civilian Military State and Local Jump to first page 12-4 Relative Government Employment 16.0% 14.0% 12.0% 10.0% 8.0% 6.0% 4.0% 2.0% 0.0% 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2004 2006 Federal Civilian Jump to first page • The share of employment in the public sector has risen over time. • This increase is due to increased demand for government services due to factors such as the schooling needs of the baby boom, higher real income, public sector unions, and increased regulation. Millions State and Local 12-5 Public vs. Private Pay Most government units attempt to set pay equal to those to comparable privatesector workers. In the past, Federal government workers earned premium relative to their private sector counterparts. The premium has fallen over time. Public sector workers receive a greater fraction of the their compensation in the form of fringe benefits. Jump to first page 12-6 2. The Military Sector: The Draft Versus the Voluntary Army Jump to first page 12-7 Draft vs. Voluntary Army Before 1973, the military used to draft or compel people to serve in the military. The pay for those serving in the military was low. In 1973, military switched to an all volunteer army. Military pay was...
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...is composed of B-17 planes that conduct day precision bombings near Germany. Heavy losses and the inability of the Group Air Commander, Colonel Davenport, to inspire his men due to the “over-identification with his men” as deduced by General Savage, led to the group's loss of morale, discipline, courage and purpose. The movie progresses as the “Hard Luck” group performs various bombing missions under General Savage while transforming its members into an organized and disciplined group. Near the end of the movie, General Savage is also transformed into a commander who has an “over-identification with his men”, same as with Colonel Davenport. The movie closes with a transition from past to the present, showing the group adjutant back in civilian clothes again signifying that his flashback was over....
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...result of a competitive analysis for our GPS system, the NAVSTAR. We will explain the characteristics of the market niche to which the product will be targeted. Provide recommendation of our brands characteristics to support the GPS’s value. Specify the overall value proposition and recommend unique product characteristics that will appeal to our targeted market niche. Competitive Analysis With technology increasing everyday many people are using some type of GPS tracking system whether they know it or not. Global Positioning System was created originally for the military to use during maneuvers. NAVSTAR Global Positioning System is the preferred usage with the military because of the reliability of the PNT (positioning, navigation, and timing). Military use Precise Positioning Service signal for more accuracy of the Standard Positioning Service (Dana J. Johnson, 2006 p. 3) since 1950’s until present. Civilians currently have access to GPS navigation systems such as OnStar through their automobiles. Also “aviations, highway construction, public transportation, railroads, communications, surveying teams use GPS’s, even law enforcement, firefighters, and other emergency personnel” (Monograph Reports-GPS p. 97). People even use the GPS for tracking their progress with weight loss or their teenagers locations or elderly. Market Niche With some people they would rather remain...
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...In the United States vs Virgina, Virginia Military Institute (VMI) had a long-standing tradition of male-only admission but, was being brought to attention. VMI was established in 1839 as a state supported/run institution, the institution was designed to Quote “produce citizen-soldiers who become leaders in both, military and civilian life”. This specific case started in the supreme court of Virgina when a female filed a case in the circuit court, but had ultimately failed for her with VMI getting the favorable ruling. The female argued that VMI denied her admission because of her gender, at that time nothing was yet proven.She later also stated that it also violated the 14 amendment of the united states constitution, with the evidence of the violation was considered by the circuit court it then sought approval for it to move to the supreme...
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...arms. In the Northern Ireland the majority of the people were protestants and therefore they didn’t mind that they were under control of the British, if the Northern Ireland became a part of Ireland again the protestants would loose the privileges they had over the Catholics. It became the Unionists VS the Nationalists or the Loyalists VS the Republicans. The Unionists were nonviolent protestants and the Loyalists were the violent one. On the Catholic side, the Nationalist were the nonviolent one and the Republicans were the one that used military arms. Many people were being killed, an at May the 22nd the IRA and the Protestants “loyalists” militias were ordered to surrender all illegal weapons. But in a statement April the 29th the IRA stated the they would not surrender any weapons at all. “There appears to be yet another attempt to resurrect the decommissioning issue as an obstacle to progress,” said the statement. “Let us make clear there will be no decommissioning by the IRA” During the second world war, Ireland stay neutral. The IRA bombs Birmingham, Manchester and London and Chamberlain offers Ireland Northern to Ireland if they let them put up British military bases there, but the Irish refuse the offer. Later, Hitler tried to use the fact that the Irish...
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...Years of violent conflicts, those between warring Afghan factions, the superpowers of Cold War Russia and now the United States and its allies, have left the rebuilding of Afghanistan in political and economic limbo. Many of the physical and social infrastructures are debilitated, the economy barely functions, the population's health and nutritional status is among the lowest anywhere, and internal security is lacking. Also, Afghanistan poses a potential threat to richer countries as an exporter of drugs and terrorism. This combination of factors makes the engagement in Afghanistan a particularly fragile one. In this paper, the following points will be expounded upon: theoretical approach, in regards to international relations; an assessment of the security situation in Afghanistan and an effective approach to combat the threats; how a struggling economy can be helped that is plagued with corruption; key components of identity for this nation, ethnicity, religion and women; and finally, some recommendations on how to get this nation back on track. There must be an investment in Afghan-led development and peacebuilding. Billions of dollars are poured into reconstruction and development in Afghanistan but have shown few results and often contributed to corruption and conflict. I remember procuring aircrafts and setting up missions to pickup pallets full of medical supplies, but days later, I tried to coordinate with my Afghani counterparts to see how their inventories of...
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...the area; security issues—evolution from ceasefires(keep status quo in Israel 1948 when Arabs attack) to coercive action(Korea, 1950, breach of peace, authorized military) to peacekeeping(1956, Suez Canal, using Uniting 4 Peace Res. For UNEF as buffer) to Cold War lull to many op’s since CW end (Gulf War); respons. to protect; transformation to peacebuilding (Peacebuilding Commission in Sierra Leone after UNAMSIL made region stable) * 1Failure? Development- “center” vs. “periphery”, WTO/GATT(gen. agree. Tariff/trade) holding free trade up (export-heavy developings), Western nations not wanting to pay for foreign aid (SUNFED no monetary support, programs fail if not voluntarily given $); failure of New Intl Econ Order by G77; HR- better, with IBHR (I. Cov. Of C/P & ESC,76), but still lack of action when costs too much (Rwanda, Darfur/not Europe) * 2Mixture- UN defends developing states’ sovereignty at times(Kuwait, Trusteeship), but generally developing nations’s sov. is undermined (Haiti has UN-MIH/SMIH/TMIH, MIPONUH); nonforcible sanctions also tell countries that they can’t make decisions for themselves(Iraq, South Africa arms embargo/econ. Sanct); developed, strong nations aren’t affected (US, West Europe how many missions?) * 3Outside- Sec- not as reliant, but UN does need funding/troops/civilians for peacekeep ops, UN codifies many norms as intl law, but some aren’t (Geneva); HR/Dev- reliant; need voluntary $ for UNDP, gets help from NGO’s (Red Cross, Human...
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