Comments on: Nothing is sacred http://pragmatic.nationalinterest.in/2008/09/25/nothing-is-sacred/ Beyond offensive defence Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:08:24 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ronin http://pragmatic.nationalinterest.in/2008/09/25/nothing-is-sacred/comment-page-1/#comment-9134 ronin Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:20:57 +0000 http://pragmatic.nationalinterest.in/?p=864#comment-9134 What ails the Forces is its HR approach..assuming the SSBs are doing their job and recruiting potentially the right kind of people..the leaders/ recruiters are failing to realize that all officers coming through the training academies are NOT going to be fit to serve for 20 years. Hence, a sensible exit policy is essential not just for the officer but also to recycle the officer cadre manpower. The leadership needs to realize that the you cannot have a pot bellied army and expect it to be efficient. It needs to be " a lean and mean fighting machine " and for that their is only one solution...DOWNSIZE! First Let go of your liabilities..and that means all personnel who don't want to serve. And then let go of all the people who after review, are found not FIT to serve..that's important too. By keeping defunct, unproductive manpower on its payrolls the forces are doing a disservice to themselves and to the nation. It falls upon the leaders to be visionary and realize how badly this will affect the forces in the long run. Then focus on technology, real time warfare techniques instead of manpower intensive policies.. What ails the Forces is its HR approach..assuming the SSBs are doing their job and recruiting potentially the right kind of people..the leaders/ recruiters are failing to realize that all officers coming through the training academies are NOT going to be fit to serve for 20 years. Hence, a sensible exit policy is essential not just for the officer but also to recycle the officer cadre manpower. The leadership needs to realize that the you cannot have a pot bellied army and expect it to be efficient. It needs to be ” a lean and mean fighting machine ” and for that their is only one solution…DOWNSIZE!

First Let go of your liabilities..and that means all personnel who don’t want to serve. And then let go of all the people who after review, are found not FIT to serve..that’s important too. By keeping defunct, unproductive manpower on its payrolls the forces are doing a disservice to themselves and to the nation. It falls upon the leaders to be visionary and realize how badly this will affect the forces in the long run.
Then focus on technology, real time warfare techniques instead of manpower intensive policies..

]]> By: menon http://pragmatic.nationalinterest.in/2008/09/25/nothing-is-sacred/comment-page-1/#comment-9133 menon Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:01:35 +0000 http://pragmatic.nationalinterest.in/?p=864#comment-9133 <em>The Army cannot expect to maintain leaders who grasp and practice adaptability if these officers encounter an organization that is neither adaptive nor innovative. Instead, Army culture must become adaptive, and the personnel system must evolve into one that nurtures adaptability in its policies, practices, and beliefs. </em> I agree. Recruiting the right people, then having them step into an antiquated organization, means that many of them will not stay as they find their ability to contribute and develop limited by a centralized, hierarchical organization. To recruit the right people you've got to make it a job worth being recruited. The Army cannot expect to maintain leaders who grasp and practice adaptability if these officers encounter an organization that is neither adaptive nor innovative. Instead, Army culture must become adaptive, and the personnel system must evolve into one that nurtures adaptability in its policies, practices, and beliefs.

I agree.

Recruiting the right people, then having them step into an antiquated organization, means that many of them will not stay as they find their ability to contribute and develop limited by a centralized, hierarchical organization.

To recruit the right people you’ve got to make it a job worth being recruited.

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