Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century

<p>Air Force senior leadership has called for a cultural change with the implementation of AFSO 21. However AFSO 21 program managers should not expect a cultural transformation to just happen. Instead in addition to implementing the hard aspects of AFSO 21 implementation must directly address organizational culture. An analysis of AFSO 21 implementation was conducted using an organizational cultural framework previously applied to TQM. Upon overlaying guiding AFSO 21 values on to organizational culture dimensions one sees that a drastic cultural change may not be necessary. Air Force core values and enduring leadership competencies are embedded basic assumptions all Airmen live by; therefore AF leaders should capitalize on them while implementing AFSO 21.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>