Measuring military organizational culture : the development of command culture effectiveness scale
Dungveckis, Linas (2021)
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021090417435
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021090417435
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The purpose of this study was to develop an empirically based, reliable and valid instrument for measuring command culture effectiveness. The research conceptualized factors of command culture effectiveness and developed a scale to measure them.
Researched focused on a German Armed Forces command culture, named Auftragstaktik (translated, adopted by Western militaries and better known as Mission Command), which was as a method of competitive advantage and a way to achieve German victories in the battlefields of WWII.
Author researched factor descriptors from existing literature and created starting theoretical model. Then scale items were created. Following the common practice for new scale development, exploratory factor analysis was be used to extract main factors. When interpreted, these factors replaced starting theoretical model, and remaining items comprised the measurement instrument.
The multi-factor command culture effectiveness scale can be used both descriptively and diagnostically. Among other things, it presents a practical way to measure an organization’s command culture effectiveness and can initially be used to establish a baseline level of command culture effectiveness. From there, it can be used as a metric to chart the organization’s efforts as it moves to engender effective command culture.
Researched focused on a German Armed Forces command culture, named Auftragstaktik (translated, adopted by Western militaries and better known as Mission Command), which was as a method of competitive advantage and a way to achieve German victories in the battlefields of WWII.
Author researched factor descriptors from existing literature and created starting theoretical model. Then scale items were created. Following the common practice for new scale development, exploratory factor analysis was be used to extract main factors. When interpreted, these factors replaced starting theoretical model, and remaining items comprised the measurement instrument.
The multi-factor command culture effectiveness scale can be used both descriptively and diagnostically. Among other things, it presents a practical way to measure an organization’s command culture effectiveness and can initially be used to establish a baseline level of command culture effectiveness. From there, it can be used as a metric to chart the organization’s efforts as it moves to engender effective command culture.