The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate an understanding of
Mission Command.
Background
Information
The following observation resulted from war fighting exercises conducted by the Mission Command Training Program: Non commissioned officers do not have a clear description of their roles and responsibilities.
Often, NCOs are empowered with the appropriate authority, but they do not
have a clear role besides what they are working on at that time. For
example, when Battle NCOs have a clear job, they become a single point of
failure, as the unit does not have a replacement for those NCOs.
Discussion
Question
Define Mission Command (MC) in your own words and explain, through the principles of MC and the Leadership Requirements Model, how to prevent becoming a single point of failure.
Elaborate by identifying the single most important principle for the success of MC. Provide an example of how you have employed the principle you selected
