Operations Management /Army Board - Operations Process Part 1
Army Board - Operations Process Part 1
This deck covers key concepts of the Army's operations process, including planning, executing, and assessing operations, as well as the roles of commanders and staff.
What does the operations process constitute for the army?
The army’s view on planning, executing, and assessing operations.
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What does the operations process constitute for the army?
The army’s view on planning, executing, and assessing operations.
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What does the operations process account for?
The complex, ever-changing, and uncertain nature of operations and recognizes that a military operation is foremost a human undertaking.
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What is the army’s framework for exercising mission command?
The operations process
What are the major command activities performed during operations?
1) planning 2) preparing 3) executing 4) continuously assessing the operation
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What is planning?
The art and science of understanding a situation, envisioning a desired future and laying out effective ways of bringing that future about.
What is preparing?
The activities performed by units and soldiers to improve their ability to execute an operation.
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
What does the operations process constitute for the army? | The army’s view on planning, executing, and assessing operations. |
What does the operations process account for? | The complex, ever-changing, and uncertain nature of operations and recognizes that a military operation is foremost a human undertaking. |
What is the army’s framework for exercising mission command? | The operations process |
What are the major command activities performed during operations? | 1) planning 2) preparing 3) executing 4) continuously assessing the operation |
What is planning? | The art and science of understanding a situation, envisioning a desired future and laying out effective ways of bringing that future about. |
What is preparing? | The activities performed by units and soldiers to improve their ability to execute an operation. |
What is execution? | Putting a plan into action by applying combat power to accomplish the mission. |
What is assessing? | The continuous determination of the progress toward accomplishing a task, creating an event, or achieving an objective. |
How do commanders use the operations process? | Through the support of their staff, commanders use the operations process to drive the conceptual and detailed planning necessary to understand, visualize, and describe their operational environment, make and articulate decisions and direct, lead, and assess military operations. |
What are the 4 principles that guide the operations process? | 1) commanders drive the operations process 2) apply critical and creative thinking 3) build and maintain situational understanding 4) encourage collaboration and dialog |
What happens upon completion of the initial order? | Planning continues as leaders revise the plan based on changing circumstances. |
What is the staffs role during the operations process? | To assist commanders with understanding situations, making and implementing decisions, controlling operations and assessing progress |
What other function does the staff perform during the operations process besides assisting the commander? | Staff assists subordinate units and keeps units and organizations outside the headquarters informed throughout the operations process |
What ATTP discusses the duties and responsibilities of the staff in detail? | ATTP 5-0.1 |
During the operations process, what does the mission command require? | An environment of mutual trust and shared understanding among commanders, staffs, and subordinates. |
What type of command climate is required? | One where commanders encourage subordinates to accept prudent risk and exercise disciplined initiative to seize opportunities and counter threats within the commanders intent. |
What allows subordinates the greatest possible freedom of action? | Commanders focusing their instruction on the purpose of the operation rather than the details of how to perform assigned tasks. |
What does the philosophy of mission command do? | Guides commanders, staffs, and subordinates as they plan, prepare, execute and assess operations. |
How do commanders organize and train their staffs and subordinates? | As an integrated team to simultaneously plan, prepare, execute, and assess operations. |
How do commanders drive the operations process? | Through understanding, visualizing, describing, leading, and assessing operations. |
What does it mean to understand something? | To grasp its nature and significance. |
What is an operational environment? | Influences the affect the employment of capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander. |
What does ADP 5-0 cover? | Operations process |