Accession Number:

ADA172831

Title:

Management versus Leadership as Reflected in Selected Military Journals (1970-1985)

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis Aug 1985-Jun 1986

Corporate Author:

ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS

Personal Author(s):

• Combs, John R.

Report Date:

1986-06-06

Pagination or Media Count:

103.0

Abstract:

This thesis determined if selected military journals emphasized a traditional style of leadership in contrast to a managerial style of leadership during the period 1970 to 1985. A content analysis of five selected military journal Parameters, Military Review, Infantry, A LOG formerly Army Logistician, and Armed Forces Journal. The results of the content analysis revealed that the advocacy of writers shifted from a high percentage of traditional leadership articles in the early portion of the analysis, 1970-1972, shifting toward an advocacy of managerial style of leadership in the 1973-1979 time period, and finally an ascendancy of traditional leadership articles during the latter portion of the study, 1980 to 1985. The research postulated that the shift in advocacy from traditional to managerial leadership emphasis during the earlier period of the study was a result of both internal and external factors. A key factor was that managerial leadership models offered some rational hold over the ambiguity evidenced by more traditional leadership models.

Descriptors:

• *LEADERSHIP
• *MILITARY COMMANDERS
• ARMY RESEARCH
• COMPARISON
• MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY
• MILITARY PUBLICATIONS
• PERIODICALS
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Psychology
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE