TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing militarily
AU - Resteigne, Delphine
AU - Soeters, Joseph
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - In this article, the authors aim to apply well-known concepts of managerial work to the military. The concepts and methods used are derived from Henri Mintzberg, who paved the way in discovering the g nature of managerial work. The data are based on closely observing two commanding officers at Kabul International Airport, operated by the International Security Assistance Force. Those managers play different managerial roles, and the ability to develop three types of rolesg "informational, interpersonal, or decisionalg " depends on their hierarchical level, their own functional area, and the complex environment of the military compound. Compared to conventional managers, military managers during multinational deployments have to cope with specific features such as the importance of language and communication skills (information roles), boredom among the workforce (interpersonal roles), as well as suddenly occurring emergencies and multiple (g) authority lines inside and outside the mission area (decisional roles).
AB - In this article, the authors aim to apply well-known concepts of managerial work to the military. The concepts and methods used are derived from Henri Mintzberg, who paved the way in discovering the g nature of managerial work. The data are based on closely observing two commanding officers at Kabul International Airport, operated by the International Security Assistance Force. Those managers play different managerial roles, and the ability to develop three types of rolesg "informational, interpersonal, or decisionalg " depends on their hierarchical level, their own functional area, and the complex environment of the military compound. Compared to conventional managers, military managers during multinational deployments have to cope with specific features such as the importance of language and communication skills (information roles), boredom among the workforce (interpersonal roles), as well as suddenly occurring emergencies and multiple (g) authority lines inside and outside the mission area (decisional roles).
KW - Henri Mintzberg
KW - Military
KW - Multinational
KW - Personnel management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=57849133999&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0095327X07312089
DO - 10.1177/0095327X07312089
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:57849133999
SN - 0095-327X
VL - 35
SP - 307
EP - 332
JO - Armed Forces and Society
JF - Armed Forces and Society
IS - 2
ER -