Author : Guy L. Siebold
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Impact of Cohesion on Platoon Performance at the Joint Readiness Training Center by : Guy L. Siebold
Download or read book The Impact of Cohesion on Platoon Performance at the Joint Readiness Training Center written by Guy L. Siebold and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes the relationships between measures of cohesion obtained on nine U.S. Army light infantry platoons at home station and the subsequent performance of those platoons at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC). The JRTC performance was measured by observer/controllers using tank evaluation and observation checklists and also by company commanders using summary ratings. When outlier cases were controlled, bonding among leaders, soldiers, and between leaders and their soldiers was strong and correlated significantly with platoon performance as measured by the observer/controllers. Correlations with company commander ratings were positive but not significant. The strongest correlations were between the types of bonding listed above and the preparation subtask of task performance. However, because of the limited number of platoons involved, replication is needed to confirm the results, and caution must be used in drawing conclusions.