Leadership Behaviors at Air War College

<p>Leadership skills tend to be hierarchical with different skills required at different levels of responsibility. (Yukl 1990) Leaders emphasize different behaviors throughout roles in an organization. (Jacobs 1995) This hierarchical behavior holds true in the military environment. (Owen 1995) The purpose of this investigation is to determine the critical leadership behaviors required at the strategic level of leadership in the U.S. Air Force. A sample of 100 Air War College (AWC) students will complete a 5-minute survey ranking the importance of eleven basic leadership behaviors. The behaviors are from an off-the-shelf version of Yukl's taxonomy of management the managerial practice survey (MPS). The eleven behaviors are Informing; Consulting and Delegating; Planning and Organizing; Problem Solving; Clarifying Roles and Objectives; Monitoring Operations and Environment; Motivating; Recognizing and Rewarding; Supporting and Mentoring; Managing Conflict and Team Building; and Networking. It has been widely used in civilian research and is not copyrighted.</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>