U.S. Army War College >> Strategic Studies Institute >> Publications >> Details

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff's Leadership Using the Joint Strategic Planning System in the 1990s: Recommendations for Strategic Leaders

Authored by Dr. Richard M. Meinhart.

Other Studies by Keyword

+[strategy planning] +[leadership] +[chairman joint chiefs] +[cjc] +[powell] +[shelton] +[shalikashvili] +[Meinhart]

Brief Synopsis

The Joint Strategic Planning System has been considered the primary formal means by which the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff executed his statutory responsibilities specified by Congress in Title 10 of the U.S. Code. Yet little has been written about this strategic planning system itself, although some of its products such as the varied National Military Strategies and Joint Visions have been thoroughly reviewed. One can gain great insight into the Chairman's formal leadership since the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act by understanding how this system evolved, reviewing its processes, and examining all of its products. The author examines how three Chairmen--Generals Powell, Shalikashvili, and Shelton--adapted and used strategic planning to provide direction and shape the military in the rapidly changing strategic environment of the 1990s. He identifies five broad recommendations relevant to future leaders on how to use a strategic planning system to transform their organizations. These historic-based recommendations evolve around enduring strategic leadership competencies such as revolutionary versus evolutionary change, vision, flexibility versus bureaucracy, interpersonal relationships, and moral courage.

You may also be interested in the following titles:

• 
  The Challenge of Drug Trafficking to Democratic Governance and Human Security in West Africa

• 
  War and Insurgency in the Western Sahara

• 
  Cyber Infrastructure Protection: Vol. II

• 
  Sharing Power? Prospects for a U.S. Concert-Balance Strategy

• 
  Egypt's New Regime and the Future of the U.S.-Egyptian Strategic Relationship

• 
  Making Strategic Sense of Cyber Power: Why the Sky Is Not Falling

• 
  From Chaos to Cohesion: A Regional Approach to Security, Stability, and Development in Sub-Saharan A...

• 
  Governance, Identity, and Counterinsurgency: Evidence from Ramadi and Tal Afar

Survey: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff's Leadership Using the Joint Strategic Planning System in the 1990s: Recommendations for Strategic Leaders

1. How would you rate the writing and overall quality?

12345

2. Is the content relevant for influencing present and future debates?

YesNoNo Opinion

Your Comments (No URLs Allowed):

If you'd like a reply to your comments, provide your email:
(optional)

Also by the Author/Editor:

Strategic Planning by the Chairmen, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1990 TO 2005

View other pubs in the following category:

Strategic Planning Guidance