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Vietnam in the 20th Century
By your own orientation to cooperative work in a mission-driven organization like the armed forces, do you consider yourself to be a strategic thinker, a tactical planner, or a logistician? How do you determine that, and how does your own daily life and work demonstrate that?
Just as people wear different hats as they go through their interactions with other people, including family members, friend, co-workers and others, people also engage in all three types of thinking as they plan these encounters and how they will negotiate the day-to-day challenges they face. The same issues apply to leadership styles, with some approaches being more suitable to certain situations than others. In some cases, strategic thinking is the most appropriate approach to these encounters and this approach might be used to achieve personal or professional goals over the long-term. In some cases, all three styles might be used. In this regard, Dorff suggests that strategic thinking can be viewed as "a comprehensive appreciation of the synergistic interdependence of the parts and the interactions among them -- the effects they have on one another in the past, present, and anticipated future" (2009, p. 124). Tactical planning would help provide the general framework that could be used to implement the "nuts-and-bolts" of the strategic plan that was developed (Thierauf 1997), and the logistics perspective would help identify what resources were required for the initiative...
These issues apply to everyone, but those who seem to succeed more consistently appear to understand that some methods are more effective in certain situations than others, and using the optimal approach can help deliver optimal results.
Then, with your own understanding of what cooperation and support you need from others involved, what do you need from others in their roles to accomplish your own work successfully?
It is reasonable to suggest that everyone thinks their jobs are the most important in the world and that they are the most important people doing them. In the armed forces, the hierarchy is clearly delineated, but in the civilian world, lines of authority may be less readily discernible. Therefore, by understanding that others view themselves in the same high regard as anyone else, it is possible to interact with others in the ways most conducive to achieving one's own goals. This does not mean that someone has to be dishonest or officious in their interactions, but it does mean that it is important to try to understand any exchange from the perspective of others so that an informed and crafty compromise can be reached when conflicts exist and the individual's goals can be achieved most effectively. Beyond the need for personal rapport, establishing networks of contacts in organizational areas that are frequently consulted can help facilitate the exchange of information. This is an important…
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Dorff, R.H. (2009). Strategy and the national security professional: Strategic thinking and strategy formulation in the 21st century. Parameters, 39(3), 124-126.
Lewis, D., Medland, J., Malone, S. & Murphy, M. (2006). Appreciative leadership: Defining effective leadership methods. Organization Development Journal, 24(1), 87-89.
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Vietnam & 20th Century Experience Turning Point: The 1963 Assassination of President Kennedy The 1963 assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas has long been considered to be a turning point in American history (Kelin, 2007). While there have been many events that have made a difference throughout history, the Kennedy Assassination can be considered a turning point because many Americans believed it marked the end of the post-WWII era with all
Moreover, both viewed the distinctive opportunities afoot in helping the world to define itself along either capitalist or communist lines. To this extent, the period following World War II may actually be defined as a transitional phase necessary encumbered by brutal conflict. The end of feudalism and colonialism in Europe, marked most officially by the end of the WWII and the need for each European nation to look inward
Vietnam and 20th Century History Turning Point in the History of the Vietnam War American indirect involvement in the Vietnam affairs began under the Administration of Harry Truman. Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy took a more direct role, politically and economically supporting the provisional South Vietnamese regime and sending American Special Forces as well as CIA agents to Vietnam. It was Lyndon Johnson who turned American involvement into a full-scale war. To understand
In fact, all these novels are concerned with the psychology and attitudes of the characters, and use them to represent the fragmentation and uncertainty in society. The characters own lives are uncertain and fragmented, and this represents these themes in society at large. Rhys also wanted to confront areas of British society that remained hidden and unacknowledged in her novel. In "Jane Eyre," the character's madness is simply alluded to,
20th Century The Harlem Renaissance was an important aspect of American history and to African-American history specifically. The Harlem Renaissance took place during the first few decades of the 20th century, particularly after the first world war. Though it is named after Harlem, an area of New York City, Manhattan island, the spirit of this artistic, literary and cultural expansion spread across the United States and Europe. Some of the
And we know that the subsequent international crisis, which was especially intense during the summer and autumn of 1961, threatened the world with the risk of a military conflict, one that seemed as if it could escalate at any time into nuclear confrontation between the U.S. And the Soviet Union" (p. 44). Over the next 25 years, the Berlin Wall grew both in terms of its physical dimensions as