Analysis of Personnel and Military Organization Incongruencies.

The essay provides an analysis of empirical and theoretical elements which are considered vital and fundamental to the identification and resolution of incongruencies between the soldier and the organization. Information on the analysis was derived from a literature research involving primarily military and civilian periodicals and books. Emphasis is on the broad organizational features of the military establishment and its personnel system. It is recognized that each element in the system produces organizational strains which key commanders and supervisors must either resolve or learn to tolerate. The major reasons for incongruencies in the organization have been identified as disenchantment with insensitive commanders and supervisors, outmoded practices, unjust and arbitrary authority and being incable to respond to human and social needs which have resulted primarily in individual frustrations, sense of failure, and loss of esteem. Major human problems were also assessed.