Leadership in the Contemporary Military: Mavericks in the Bureaucracy?

Leadership in the Contemporary Military: Mavericks in the Bureaucracy?

In this reflective paper, we study the tension between leadership and institutional control in contemporary Western military organizations. More precisely, we focus on two (out of five) NATO measures of merit, namely the Measure of Performance (MOP) and the Measure of Effectiveness (MOE), and how th...

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Main Authors: Kuronen Tuomas, Huhtinen Aki-Mauri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-12-01
Series:Journal on Baltic Security
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0024
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spelling doaj-9c04cf3af32142afbcaeede3554d12332021-09-06T19:40:46ZengSciendoJournal on Baltic Security2382-92302015-12-011215818210.1515/jobs-2016-0024jobs-2016-0024Leadership in the Contemporary Military: Mavericks in the Bureaucracy?Kuronen Tuomas0Huhtinen Aki-Mauri1National Defence University, Finland FinlandNational Defence University, FinlandIn this reflective paper, we study the tension between leadership and institutional control in contemporary Western military organizations. More precisely, we focus on two (out of five) NATO measures of merit, namely the Measure of Performance (MOP) and the Measure of Effectiveness (MOE), and how they manifest this tension at the operational level. We suggest that fixed leadership roles are not enough - what is required instead is an adaptive, pragmatic and even rebellious attitude towards the military bureaucracy in the contemporary, ever-changing conflict landscape.https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0024
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description In this reflective paper, we study the tension between leadership and institutional control in contemporary Western military organizations. More precisely, we focus on two (out of five) NATO measures of merit, namely the Measure of Performance (MOP) and the Measure of Effectiveness (MOE), and how they manifest this tension at the operational level. We suggest that fixed leadership roles are not enough - what is required instead is an adaptive, pragmatic and even rebellious attitude towards the military bureaucracy in the contemporary, ever-changing conflict landscape.
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