Purpose: To assess the learners ability to evaluate leadership case studies using academic writing to communicate the application of lessons learned to future operations. 2. Additional References: a. ADP 6-0, Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces, pages 2-1 to 2-5. b. Perdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) website, (7th Edition, Professional Style Paper) c. Humanitarian Response to Hurricane Katrina – Rescue and relief during the domestic crisis. 3. Guidance and Requirements: a. Develop an analytical essay to appraise and compare the seven principles of mission command to the Humanitarian Response to Hurricane Katrina 2005 and relate them to one or more of the objectives listed in paragraph 4. Use your time to develop a deep understanding of your topic to fully explain your analysis. Use details/analysis from the Case Study to support your main ideas. b. Construct the essay IAW the American Psychological Association (APA) Writing Style. Your essay should include four major sections: a Title page, an Abstract which is an in-depth introduction of your topic, main body consisting of 3 full pages and no more than 5 pages, and a reference page with at least two sources for the bibliography. c. Your essay will be typed, double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5″ x 11″) with 1″ margins on all sides. Use 12 pt. Times New Roman font. d. To create a page header/running head, insert page numbers flush right. Then type “TITLE OF YOUR PAPER” in the header flush left using all capital letters. The running head is a shortened version of your paper’s title and cannot exceed 50 characters including spacing and punctuation. e. Your cover page title format will be as follows 1.) Title of your paper, 2.) Last name, First name, 3.) NCO Academy 42A SLC 006x-25 4. Objective. The student will choose to relate different objectives to the seven mission command principles and use the details/analysis from the Humanitarian Response to Hurricane Katrina to support their ideas. 1. Analyze the impact of unclear command and control relationships on the effectiveness of disaster response. 2. Evaluate how a lack of interagency coordination hindered timely humanitarian assistance. 3. Assess the role of trustor the absence of it between federal, state, and local leadership during the crisis. 4. Examine how delays in communication and information-sharing affected the ability to generate shared understanding. 5. Explore how the absence of a clearly articulated end state limited subordinate initiative and unity of effort. 6. Discuss how strict adherence to hierarchical decision-making impeded timely resource deployment. 7. Identify examples of successful subordinate initiative and explain how they contributed to mission success. 8. Investigate the legal and political factors that constrained commanders ability to accept risk in life-saving operations. 9. Assess how poor preparation and lack of training impacted leader competence at various levels. 10. Discuss how the application of mission orders could have enhanced operational flexibility in a chaotic environment. 11. Evaluate the Coast Guards response as a case study in effective mission command during Hurricane Katrina. 12. Analyze how decentralized execution could have improved the speed and effectiveness of supply distribution. 13. Identify training and policy changes needed to enable more effective mission command in future domestic disaster operations. 14. Examine how cultural, organizational, or jurisdictional boundaries affected collaboration and responsiveness. 15. Develop recommendations for how to rehearse and implement mission command during interagency disaster planning exercises. discussion memo 1 page
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