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Inside Canadian Forces Transformation

Author : Michael K. Jeffery
Publisher : Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Canada
ISBN : 1100137661

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Inside Canadian Forces Transformation by Michael K. Jeffery Pdf

This case study provides a "snapshot" of institutional leadership during the first two years or Canadian Forces transformation (2005-2007). While its focus is on the Canadian Forces (CF) institutional leader, it highlights how the institutional leaders achieve real change and equally addresses the difficulties and failures encountered. An analysis of CF Transformation is provided as an example of institutional leadership in action.

Inside Canadian Forces Transformation

Author : Michael K. Jeffery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Canada
ISBN : 066040141X

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Inside Canadian Forces Transformation by Michael K. Jeffery Pdf

This case study provides a "snapshot" of institutional leadership during the first two years or Canadian Forces transformation (2005-2007). While its focus is on the Canadian Forces (CF) institutional leader, it highlights how the institutional leaders achieve real change and equally addresses the difficulties and failures encountered. An analysis of CF Transformation is provided as an example of institutional leadership in action.

Networked Operations and Transformation

Author : Allan English,Richard Gimblett,Howard Coombs
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773560505

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Networked Operations and Transformation by Allan English,Richard Gimblett,Howard Coombs Pdf

The authors consider various approaches to networked operations that are based on the physical environment and cultural context in which armed forces operate. They conclude that a "one size fits all" approach to command and control for networked operations may not be the most effective and suggest a more human-centric approach than the primarily technology-centred model used by the U.S. military.

A Soldier First

Author : Rick Hillier
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781554688463

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A Soldier First by Rick Hillier Pdf

In the summer of 2008, General Rick Hillier retired as Chief of the Defence staff of the Canadian Forces. You could almost hear the sigh of relief in Ottawa as Canada’s most popular, and most controversial, military leader since the Second World War left a role in which he’d been as frank, unpredictable and resolutely apolitical as any of his predecessors. Born and raised in Newfoundland, Hillier joined the military as a young man and quickly climbed the ranks. He played a significant role in such domestic challenges as the ice storm that paralyzed much of eastern Ontario and Quebec in 1998, and quickly became a player on the international scene, commanding an American corps in Texas and a multinational NATO task force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. But it was his role as General Rick Hillier, Canada’s Chief of the Defence staff, that defined him as a Canadian icon. In Afghanistan, Canada faced its first combat losses since the Korean War, with every casualty becoming front page news. A country formerly ambivalent, or even angry, about its role in the conflict suddenly became gripped by the drama unfolding not only in a war zone halfway around the world but in unfriendly conference rooms in Ottawa. There, as everywhere, Hillier pulled no punches, demanding more funding, more troops and more appreciation for the women and men fighting a war on foreign soil. This hard-hitting, honest account of Hillier’s role—told in his own words—will be one of the most important books published in Canada this decade.

Forced to Change

Author : Bernd Horn,Dr. Bill Bentley
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459727861

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Forced to Change by Bernd Horn,Dr. Bill Bentley Pdf

Undeniably, the 1990s were a period of crisis for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Drastic budget reductions and a series of endless scandals all collided to form the perfect storm. The outcome of this was nothing short of the implosion of the Canadian Armed Forces Officer Corps. Stripped by the government of the right to regulate itself, the Officer Corps, which represented the nation’s stewards of the profession of arms, was forced to reform itself. Key to this transformation was education. However, the road was not easy, as cultural change rarely is. Forced to Change tells the story of how the Canadian Armed Forces found itself at its lowest point in history and how it managed to reform itself. The question is whether it was a fundamental transformation or just a temporary adjustment to weather the storm.

Networked Operations and Transformation

Author : Allan English,Richard Gimblett,Howard Coombs
Publisher : MQUP
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0773532854

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Networked Operations and Transformation by Allan English,Richard Gimblett,Howard Coombs Pdf

The authors consider various approaches to networked operations that are based on the physical environment and cultural context in which armed forces operate. They conclude that a "one size fits all" approach to command and control for networked operations may not be the most effective and suggest a more human-centric approach than the primarily technology-centred model used by the U.S. military.

Principles for Change in the Post-Cold War

Author : G. E. Sharpe,Allan Douglas English,Canada. Department of National Defence,Canadian Forces Leadership Institute,Canadian Forces Training Materiel Production Centre
Publisher : Canadian Forces Training Material Production Centre
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Canada
ISBN : 066231848X

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Principles for Change in the Post-Cold War by G. E. Sharpe,Allan Douglas English,Canada. Department of National Defence,Canadian Forces Leadership Institute,Canadian Forces Training Materiel Production Centre Pdf

The aim of this report is to provide a comprehensive, properly referenced analysis of the evolution of the post-Cold War command and control of the Canadian Forces, with lessons learned and princples for planning and implementing change in command and control in the Canadian Forces during its transformation to meet the vision of "Strategy 2020."

Canada's Navy, 2nd Edition

Author : Marc Milner
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802096043

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Canada's Navy, 2nd Edition by Marc Milner Pdf

A wide-ranging look at the history of the Canadian Navy, from its beginnings in 18th-century exploration and trade, to its astonishing expansion during the Second World War, through to its current roles in operations with United Nations and NATO forces.

9/11 And Canadian Special Operations Forces: How ‘40 Selected Men’ Indelibly Influenced The Future Of The Force

Author : Lt.-Col Stephen J. Day
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782895114

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9/11 And Canadian Special Operations Forces: How ‘40 Selected Men’ Indelibly Influenced The Future Of The Force by Lt.-Col Stephen J. Day Pdf

In less than two decades, Canadian Special Operations Forces (CANSOF) grew from a 100-man hostage-rescue unit to a 2,500-person Command capable of prosecuting missions across the special operations spectrum. The seminal event causing this transformation is examined within this monograph. The common narrative explaining the rise of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) states that 9/11 is the seminal event. Herein, a new narrative is proposed. One that posits the 2001-02 deployment of a 40-man CANSOF Task Force to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) is the seminal event. This Task Force’s disproportionately positive impact on the Canadian national scene caused key national actors to take note of the strategic utility of special operations forces. Twenty-four interviews with defence and security subject matter experts from the political, federal public service, military and academic domains, as well as two leading Canadian national journalists provide unique insights into CANSOF’s ascendancy. Analyzing published defence policy since World War II and Canada’s 20-year experience with her national counter-terrorism task force prove two key points. First, defence policy is extant, consistently expressing the requirement for an irregular capability for the conduct of operations in asymmetrical environments. Therefore, 9/11 did not change Government of Canada (GoC) expectations per se. Second, the one-year CANSOF OEF commitment produces a highly positive national strategic effect for the GoC. As a result, in less than a decade CANSOF transitions from a single, domestically focused, national counter-terrorism task force to where today CANSOFCOM is employed as a distinct element of national military power. This transformation from a single strategic resource to a strategically relevant, ‘hard power’ option currently provides the GoC with greater strategic choice when she looks to deploy military forces alongside her allies.

Social Transformation in Rural Canada

Author : John Parkins,Maureen Reed
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774823821

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Social Transformation in Rural Canada by John Parkins,Maureen Reed Pdf

The rapidly changing nature of life in Canadian rural communities is more than a simple response to economic conditions. People living in rural places are part of a new social agenda characterized by transformation of livelihoods, landscapes, and social relations, inviting us to reconsider the meanings of community, culture, and citizenship. This volume presents the work of researchers from a variety of fields who explore social transformation in rural settlements across the country. The essays collectively generate a nuanced portrait of how local forms of action, adaptation, identity, and imagination are reshaping aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities of rural Canada.

Academic Transformation

Author : Ian Douglas Clark
Publisher : Queen's School of Policy Studies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : 1553392655

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Academic Transformation by Ian Douglas Clark Pdf

The large scale publicly funded system of postsecondary education in Ontario developed in the 1960s has been largely successful in fulfilling important societal needs in the areas of education, human resource development, and research. Existing approaches, however, are unlikely to be sufficient to address the challenges of the coming decade. Academic Transformation: The Forces Reshaping Higher Education in Ontario examines the developments that are re-shaping the province's post-secondary system, including higher enrollment, further development of a knowledge-based economy, increased demands for research focused on competitiveness and productivity, and Ontario's transition to a multicultural, internationally connected, urban, and aged society. Universities and colleges are also adjusting to internal changes in the composition of the student body and staff, faculty work profiles, and funding arrangements. The authors consider possible changes in the system's structure, policy, and governance that may be helpful in dealing with the anticipated changes in societal needs, and expectations related to post-secondary education.

The Transformation of Russia’s Armed Forces

Author : Roger N. McDermott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317618171

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The Transformation of Russia’s Armed Forces by Roger N. McDermott Pdf

At no time since the end of the Cold War has interest been higher in Russian security issues and the role played in this by the modernization of Russia’s Armed Forces. The continued transformation of its Armed Forces from Cold War legacy towards a modern combat capable force presents many challenges for the Kremlin. Moscow’s security concerns domestically, in the turbulent North Caucasus, and internationally linked to the Arab Spring, as well as its complex relations with the US and NATO and its role in the aftermath of the Maidan Revolution in Ukraine in 2014 further raises the need to present an informed analytical survey of the country’s military, past, present and future. This collection addresses precisely the nature of the challenges facing Russian policymakers as they struggle to rebuild combat capable military to protect Russian interests in the twenty-first century. This book was based on a special issue of the Journal of Slavic Military Studies.

Military Transformation and Strategy

Author : Bernard Loo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134103423

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Military Transformation and Strategy by Bernard Loo Pdf

This book explores the idea of arevolution in military affairs (RMA), which underpins the transformational agenda of the US military, and examines its implications for smaller states.The strategic studies literature on the RMA tends to be American-centric and directed towards the strategic problems of the US military. This volume seeks to fill t

Changing Canada

Author : Wallace Clement,Leah F. Vosko
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0773525319

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Changing Canada by Wallace Clement,Leah F. Vosko Pdf

Changing Canada examines political transformations, welfare state restructuring, international boundaries and contexts, the new urban experience, and creative resistance. The authors question dominant ways of thinking and promote alternative ways of understanding and explaining Canadian society and politics that encourage progressive social change. They examine how the evolution of capitalism is producing new types of transformations and new forms of resistance, and show that aspects of the state and the wider society are being contested. They also discuss the often paradoxical or contradictory effects of various social forces, such as the liberating but also constraining features of new communications technologies, new employment norms, and new household forms. Contributors include Laurie E. Adkin (University of Alberta), Caroline Andrew (University of Ottawa), Pat Armstrong (York University), William Carroll (University of Victoria), Elaine Coburn (Stanford University), William D. Coleman (McMaster University), Mary Cornish (senior partner with Cavalluzzo, Hayes, Shilton, McIntyre & Cornish), Judy Fudge (York University), Christina Gabriel (Carleton University), Sam Gindin (York University), Joyce Green (University of Regina), Eric Helleiner (Trent University), Robert G. Hollands (University of Newcastle), Jane Jenson (Université de Montréal), Roger Keil (York University), Stefan Kipfer (York University), Fuyuki Kurasawa (York University), Laura Macdonald (Carleton University), Rianne Mahon (Carleton University), Wendy McKeen (Dalhousie University), Elizabeth Millar (consultant, Nelligan, O'Brien and Payne Law Firm and Labour Consulting Group), Vincent Mosco (Carleton University), Susan Phillips (Carleton University), Ann Porter (York University), Tony Porter (McMaster University), Daniel Salee (Concordia University), Vic Satzewich (McMaster University), Jim Stanford (Canadian Auto Workers' Union, Toronto), Mel Watkins (emeritus, University of Toronto), and Lloyd L. Wong (University of Calgary).

Military Transformation and Modern Warfare

Author : Elinor Sloan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781573569897

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Military Transformation and Modern Warfare by Elinor Sloan Pdf

Military transformation can be understood as comprising three overlapping and sometimes competing layers—the conventional-force dominated revolution in military affairs, a more recent irregular warfare emphasis, and a wider dimension including homeland defense, space and nuclear policy. The Western world is currently focusing its attention on transformation's middle layer, while China and Russia are focusing on the RMA and transformation's wider aspects. This dynamic indicates the United States and its allies should continue to prepare for the full range of conflicts. This book establishes the meaning of military transformation, assesses the manner in which certain countries are transforming their military forces, discusses the relevancy of transformation efforts to modern conflict and, in drawing out the key areas of emphasis on the part of various countries, provides a window on the future global security environment. It is divided into seven chapters, plus a conclusion. The first chapter focuses on the meaning of military transformation, establishing a framework through which national militaries can be examined. This comprises transformation's revolution in military affairs components, its newer special operations forces, counterinsurgency, and stabilization and reconstruction aspects, and its wider homeland defense, space and deterrence dimensions. The book devotes two chapters to the United States and one each to China, Russia, and NATO. It also has a chapter that looks individually at each of Australia, Britain, Canada, France and Germany. An assessment of the relevancy of force transformation to modern warfare is integrated into the discussion of what transformation means, how the United States is responding, and the concluding chapter. The book contains a biographical sketch of Andrew Marshall, Andrew Krepinevich, William Owens, Arthur Cebrowski, Donald Rumsfeld, and Thomas Barnett, all of whom have been involved in some aspect of military transformation.