Leader Development in Army Units Views from the Field

• Main Author: Schirmer, Peter (auth)
• Other Authors: Crowley, James C. (auth), Blacker, Nancy E. (auth), Brennan, Richard R. Jr (auth), Leonard, Henry A. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2008
• Subjects: Personnel & human resources management; Political control & freedoms; Political Science; History; Management & Organizational Behavior
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summarizes discussions with over 450 Army officers (lieutenants through colonels) about leader development in Army units. These discussions revealed that the type and extent of leader development activities vary greatly across units, but that they are generally informal and most heavily influenced b...