Download or read book Relationships Between Vertical Cohesion and Performance in Light Infantry Squads Platoons and Companies at the Joint Readiness Training Center JRTC written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents the scales developed to determine weakness in vertical cohesion (cohesion between leaders and subordinates) between soldiers from squad members through company commanders. The weaknesses were termed 'breaks.' After a pattern of breaks was determined, the pattern was related to simulated combat performance at a U.S. Army Combat Training Center. No or few breaks in the platoon vertical-cohesion chain from squad member to company commander were associated with better platoon performance. Breaks in vertical cohesion with the top platoon leader (platoon sergeant and platoon leader) were associated with below-average platoon performance. A break at the squad leader level affected how the soldiers rated their proficiency prior to a rotation at the Combat Training Center but did not have significant bearing on platoon performance.
Download or read book The Impact of Cohesion on Platoon Performance at the Joint Readiness Training Center written by Guy L. Siebold and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes the relationships between measures of cohesion obtained on nine U.S. Army light infantry platoons at home station and the subsequent performance of those platoons at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC). The JRTC performance was measured by observer/controllers using tank evaluation and observation checklists and also by company commanders using summary ratings. When outlier cases were controlled, bonding among leaders, soldiers, and between leaders and their soldiers was strong and correlated significantly with platoon performance as measured by the observer/controllers. Correlations with company commander ratings were positive but not significant. The strongest correlations were between the types of bonding listed above and the preparation subtask of task performance. However, because of the limited number of platoons involved, replication is needed to confirm the results, and caution must be used in drawing conclusions.
Download or read book Unit Leader Assessments of a Joint Readiness Training Center Rotation written by Tracye D. Julien and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Government Reports Annual Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sections 1-2. Keyword Index.--Section 3. Personal author index.--Section 4. Corporate author index.-- Section 5. Contract/grant number index, NTIS order/report number index 1-E.--Section 6. NTIS order/report number index F-Z.
Download or read book Government Reports Announcements Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1992-08 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unit Leader Assessments of a Joint Readiness Training Center Rotation written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this research, leaders from a battalion that had completed a rotation through the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) 3 weeks earlier were given a questionnaire and/or were interviewed. They responded that training at the JRTC was realistic and somewhat stressful and that JRTC after-action reviews were very useful. The capabilities most important for platoon leaders at the JRTC were technical and tactical proficiency, initiative, and decision making; those for company commanders were planning, decision making, and communication. Platoon cohesion correlated significantly with perceived platoon performance (r = .40). The leaders provided many suggestions on how to train for a JRTC rotation. (cp).
Download or read book The Relationship of Group Cohesion to Group Performance written by Laurel W. Oliver and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Army's increasing interest in group cohesion has led to increased research effort in that area. This report describes an effort to integrate the cohesion performance research that employed real world groups using a meta- analytic approach. Tukey's (1977) stem and leaf display was used to display the data. The median effect size (product-moment correlation coefficient) for the data. The median effect size (product-moment correlation coefficient) for the 14 codable studies was .36, and the unweighted mean r was .42. When study effect sizes were weighted by the number of groups involved, the mean became .32. Rosenthal and Rubin's (1982) Binomial Effect Size Display (BESD) demonstrated that a correlation of .32 increases success rate (high performance) from 34 percent to 66 percent when cohesion is increased from low (below median) to high (above median). Although these findings are problematical because of the very small number of codable studies, as well as the conceptual and methodological problems associated with the cohesion performance research, higher levels of cohesion would seem to be very desirable for real world groups such as Army units." -- Abstract.
Download or read book The Utility of the Training and Evaluation Outline Data Base as a Performance Measurement System at the Joint Readiness Training Center written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this examine the Training and Evaluation Outline (T & EO) data base for utility as a performance measurement system. Previous research bad determined that the data base was of limited value for making empirical analyses of the joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) performance data. Based on recommendations from the previous findings JRTC changed the performance measurement system. The changes included the introduction of a five-point rating scale and a reduction in the number of rated items. The current research was conducted to determine whether these additions increased the utility of the T & EO data base as a feedback and performance measurement system. T & EO data were analyzed at battalion task force company and platoon levels for nine rotations at the JRTC. It was found that the T & EO data base still lacks the reliability required to provide useful feedback to units or to provide researchers with useful information on unit trends, although tasks differed statistically the usefulness from a practical standpoint is limited because the range of scores is too narrow. Potential users of the data base are cautioned not to make conclusions based solely on statistical significance. Recommendations to improve the data include reducing the rating categories to more general levels and placing a greater emphasis on the importance of a qualify performance measurement system. A method to reduce the number of rating categories using subject mater experts was introduced as one way to improve the performance measurement system.
Download or read book The Relation Between Group level Characteristics and Group Cohesion written by Mikael Salo and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research examined the differences in cohesion among platoons in the Finnish conscript service and the relations between platoon cohesion and an array of outcome criteria. Data were collected from records and by questionnaires given to 514 platoon members in 21 platoons near the end of their 6 to 12 months of conscript training. Results showed that mean expected and rated performance, mental state, sense of personal growth, social skills aptitude, attitudes toward refresher training and national defense, and good conduct were related overall to strong platoon mean perceived cohesion. Platoon size was not significantly related to cohesion. The different cohesion components (peer, leader, organizational, and institutional bonding) were related differently to various predictor and outcome variables.
Download or read book Evaluating a Job Aid for Actions on Contact at the Joint Readiness Training Center written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The present investigation sought to quantify small unit practices during actions on contact at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and to determine the extent to which a job performance aid, the Warrior Leader's Guide for Actions on Contact, might improve unit performance. The Actions on Contact Checklist, a tool developed especially for the investigation, was used by JRTC's trainer/mentors to measure unit performance. Over the course of nine unit rotations at JRTC, 754 checklists were collected and analyzed. Some support for the efficacy of the Warrior Leader's Guide to positively influence unit performance was found, primarily in the consolidation and reorganization phase of operations. Unit strengths and weaknesses in actions on contact were identified. On all nine measures of attack execution, units that rehearsed prior to an operation performed significantly better than units that did not rehearse."--DTIC.
Download or read book Development of the Platoon Cohesion Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes the development and properties of the PCI, a questionnaire that measures cohesion in Army platoons. Cohesion is conceptualized in terms of horizontal, vertical, organizational bonding. The PCI consists of 20 items that form 3 horizontal, 2 vertical, and 5 organizational bonding scales. Data were collected from 44 platoons of light and mechanized infantry from 2 posts. Analyses indicated moderate to high intra-scale, inter- scale, and scale-criterion correlations as well as predictive validity with platoon performance on field training exercises. The PCI is now available and is considered valid for use by company commanders and platoon leaders to assess cohesion in their platoons. (KR).
Download or read book Decisive Action Training Environment at the Joint Readiness Training Center Volume XIII written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Joint Readiness Training Center was established more than two decades ago as a combat training center (CTC) for joint special operations forces (SOF) and light infantry. At the core of those training objectives was the desire to exercise the collective training skills of those forces. The JRTC commitment to that goal has never wavered; it has matured through 15 years of war, absorbing the lessons of sustained combat as a whole-of-government endeavor. This newsletter looks at the manner, method, objectives, and results of collective training for warfare in the 21st century. It addresses ways to achieve unity of effort on a complex battlefield with numerous players, each with their own mission. Unity of effort is of paramount importance for success. It requires direct attention by the senior Army commander to move disparate organizations not under his control in the same direction to achieve complementary results to a common objective. A quote within this publication effectively describes this, "There was a shared vision of a solution to the challenges ahead, there was a common understanding of counterpart priorities and, most importantly, there was a trust and respect for one another that had grown."
Download or read book Relationship of Training and Personnel Factors to Combat Performance written by Francis E. O'Mara and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book From One Leader to Another written by Combat Studies Institute Press and published by Military Bookshop. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a collection of observations, insights, and advice from over 50 serving and retired Senior Non-Commissioned Officers. These experienced Army leaders have provided for the reader, outstanding mentorship on leadership skills, tasks, and responsibilities relevant to our Army today. There is much wisdom and advice "from one leader to another" in the following pages.
Download or read book On Point written by Gregory Fontenot and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Den amerikanske hærs første officielle historiske beretning om operationerne i den anden Irakiske Krig, "Operation Iraqi Freedom", (OIF). Fra forberedelserne, mobiliseringen, forlægningen af enhederne til indsættelsen af disse i kampene ved Talil og As Samawah, An Najaf og de afsluttende kampe ved Bagdad. Foruden en detaljeret gennemgang af de enkelte kampenheder(Order of Battle), beskrives og analyseres udviklingen i anvendte våben og doktriner fra den første til den anden Golf Krig.
Download or read book Reserve Component Soldiers as Peacekeepers written by Ruth H. Phelps and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
