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Article: Civilian teams and Army hierarchy: the private sector is turning to empowered teams of workers to accomplish organizational goals. Can that approach work in the top-down, command Army?
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- Army Logistician
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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When most Americans think of military leadership, they probably envision scenes like these: an officer shouts "Ten-hut!" as 200 soldiers snap to attention; a lieutenant replies, "Yes, sir," salutes, and leaves to carry out a colonel's order. Yet, while these images may be accurate on the parade ground, are they always true? What happens, for example, when military personnel are called on to lead civilians? Are the results as crisp and orderly as when the colonel commands the lieutenant?
President Harry S. Truman commented on the relationship between civilian workers and military commanders when discussing his successor, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had been ...