The influence of the military posting cycle on group formation and team development in the Australian Defence Force
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Paper/Presentation Title | The influence of the military posting cycle on group formation and team development in the Australian Defence Force |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Hingst, Ray |
Editors | Morley, Michael J. |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Management Re-imagined: Programme and Proceedings of the 11th World Congress of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management |
ERA Conference ID | 60545 |
Number of Pages | 17 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | Dublin, Ireland |
ISBN | 9781907300059 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.ifsam2012.org |
Conference/Event | 11th World Congress of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management |
International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) Conference | |
Event Details | 11th World Congress of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management Event Date 26 to end of 29 Jun 2012 Event Location Limerick, Ireland |
Event Details | International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) Conference IFSAM |
Abstract | This paper seeks to describe and understand what influence the movement of personnel in the Australian Defence Force (ADF), associated the ‘posting cycle’, has on group formation and team development. The military posting cycle, by intent and function, imposes substantial change to membership on groups and teams. The structural elements retain their formal identity and role within the organisation, and some of their constituent membership, while a significant proportion of the group members leave the group, sometimes remaining within the same geographic location but in different positions, and are replaced by new members. Postings also occur for compassionate and a variety of other reasons, in conjunction with individual promotions, and when personnel are deployed on operations. In latter case, entire units often relocate into another geographic location. A period of intense preparation in terms of medical, technical skill and general readiness is conducted in preparation for rotation through an operational area. In these circumstances, the preparatory period may result in closer bonds being formed between group members through an intense, task focused process of team development. This study includes both full-time and part-time serving members of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Australian Army (Army), and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in order to identify and attempt to explain the impact of the various service cultures on members and their respective use of in and out of cycle postings. In order to test the validity of chosen theoretical framework, Tuckman’s 1965 ‘forming, storming, norming and performing’ model and later 1977, ‘adjourning’ revision, (with Jensen), in a military context, groups which have recently participated in periods of training from each service, and Officer Cadets from the Australian Defence Force Academy, characterised by relatively stable group membership |
Keywords | military groups, military teams, group formation, team development, military postings |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350710. Organisational behaviour |
350709. Organisation and management theory | |
Public Notes | Copyright, Individual contributors 2012. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Management and Marketing |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q163v/the-influence-of-the-military-posting-cycle-on-group-formation-and-team-development-in-the-australian-defence-force
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