The Context of Military Environments: Social and Organizational Factors
As the U.S. military continues to transform itself to accomplish its full spectrum of missions in the 21st century, an efficient and effective research program to inform U.S. military personnel policies and practices is essential. Highly effective leaders and teams must be adaptable and flexible, because they operate in varied, dynamic, and changing environments. Therefore, any program to improve leadership and performance must consider the social and organizational factors that present external influences on the behavior of individuals operating within the context of military environments. This study, performed by an ad-hoc committee with oversight from the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, will identify and assess these factors and recommend an agenda for future U.S. Army Research Institute research in these areas.
Click here for the study’s full statement of task. Past meeting details and agendas are available on the National Academies’ Current Projects site. Click here for the Study Background Paper. NRC Staff Contact Cherie Chauvin, Study Director, 202-334-2096 Project Duration: September 2012 – September 2014
Project Sponsor: U.S. Army Research Institute
Preliminary Workplan The 24 month consensus study will be carried out by an ad hoc committee that will meet four times during the first year. Its second meeting will include a small public data-gathering event to assist the committee in developing its findings, conclusions, and recommendations for their final report, expected to be published in summer 2014.
Upcoming Meetings:
- September 11-12, 2013
- November 22-23, 2013
Committee Members
Reid Hastie, Chair, Chicago Booth Business School, University of Chicago
Catherine H. Tinsley,Vice-Chair, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University Burt. S. Barnow, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University Corinne Bendersky, Anderson School of Management, University of California at Los Angeles
Edward J. Coss, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Leslie DeChurch, School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology Jonathan Gratch, Department of Computer Science, Psychology and Institute for Creative Technology, University of Southern California Douglas H. Harris, Anacapa Sciences, Inc. Lee D. Hoffer, Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University Alair MacLean, Department of Sociology, Washington State University, Vancouver Charles F. Manski, NAS, Department of Economics and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University Robert S. Rush, U.S. Army Center of Military History William Schulze, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University For committee biographies, see the Committee Membership page.
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