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Beyond Experience

Name: Beyond Experience
Brand: Biblioscholar
SKU: 9781249881964
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Educating Coast Guard Officers for the Demands of Professional Excellence

Szerző: Virginia J Kammer

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: Biblioscholar

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This monograph examines the current state of Coast Guard Professional Military Education (PME) to id...

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Szerző

Virginia J Kammer

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2012

oldal

EAN

9781249881964

ISBN

9781249881964

Enbook ID

08144606

Kiadó

Biblioscholar

Súly

136

Méretek

189 x 246 x 4

Teljes leírás

This monograph examines the current state of Coast Guard Professional Military Education (PME) to identify areas for improvement to ensure Coast Guard officers have the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to operate in an increasingly complex and dynamic post-9-11 environment. First, the monograph explores the history and culture of the service, including internal and external factors, to show their influence on the service's preference for the experiential model of learning and education. Then the monograph examines current policies, requirements, and institutional issues, including service, joint, and departmental competencies. This section also includes a holistic review and summary of several recent Coast Guard studies on core competency gaps in junior and mid-grade officers. The first section of the monograph concludes with defining the "desired state" of Coast Guard officer competencies in context with current strategic policy and vision on professional development. The monograph then analyzes information presented in the first section using Systems and Obstruction Analysis techniques described in Jamshid Gharajedaghi's book Systems Thinking. Systems Analysis is used to indicate the structural, functional, and procedural issues in the Coast Guard's training and education system that may be preventing change towards the "desired state." Obstruction Analysis is used to identify the social and behavioral impediments within and external to the Coast Guard that may be hindering change. The analyses show the complexity and inter-relatedness of the issues that continue to allow competency gaps at the mid-grade levels and to prevent improvements to the officer PME system. Five solution areas are discerned from the dual analyses: knowledge, advocacy, plans and policy, resources, and culture. The monograph concludes with proposed solutions in all five areas. The monograph recommends multiple systemic changes which, if implemented simultaneously, would close exis