<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Nowadays, the military forces’ operational environment is shaped by dynamic changes that give its most representative characteristics such as volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA). Based on this and taking into consideration the tendency of NATO to use more prominently its multinational military structures, we are obligated to adapt our way of teaching and training if we want to be effective in the process of educating the next leaders for future military environments. In other words, during the classes, also in the field, we should try to educate and train our cadets, at least, to think from a joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational (JIIM) perspective when conducting military actions, even at a small tactical level, such as the platoon.</p></abstract>

Nowadays, the military forces’ operational environment is shaped by dynamic changes that give its most representative characteristics such as volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA). Based on this and taking into consideration the tendency of NATO to use more prominently its multinational military structures, we are obligated to adapt our way of teaching and training if we want to be effective in the process of educating the next leaders for future military environments. In other words, during the classes, also in the field, we should try to educate and train our cadets, at least, to think from a joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational (JIIM) perspective when conducting military actions, even at a small tactical level, such as the platoon.

Educating Land Forces’ Leaders to Think from JIIM Perspective

”Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy

Land Forces Academy Review

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Nowadays, the military forces’ operational environment is shaped by dynamic changes that give its most representative characteristics such as volatility,...

Educating Land Forces’ Leaders to Think from JIIM Perspective

Published Online: Feb 01, 2019

Page range: 250 - 256

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2018-0030

Keywords
operational environment, VUCA, JIIM, cultural capability

© 2018 Paul Tudorache et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Educating Land Forces’ Leaders to Think from JIIM Perspective

Published Online: Feb 01, 2019

Page range: 250 - 256

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2018-0030

Keywordsoperational environment, VUCA, JIIM, cultural capability

© 2018 Paul Tudorache et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
operational environment, VUCA, JIIM, cultural capability