History 2179 Lecture 9: 9 - LEADERSHIP & COMMANDS
22 Jan 2018
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Order of command: general headquarter (british: general bef headquarter in france) administrative (ex: strategical planning, logistics) Composed of approximately 5 armies or more. Leader: commander-in-chief / field marshal head (ex: haig), very little contact with the soldiers at the frontline. Executive body that is responsible for planning strategical objectives and policies , more of a manager than a leader. Skills required: organizational skills and managing skills: army formation headquarter administrative. An army is composed of 2 or more corps. Leader: general of cers, lesser responsibilities than haig responsible for carrying out administrative plans made by haig via corps and relaying the information down: corps headquarter administrative, tactical planning. Composed of 2 or more divisions: divisional headquarter bodies that carries out battles and operations, contains soldiers (boundary of high and low command, divisional headquarters, brigade headquarters, battalions. Doesn"t need to be a good manager or a good planner, but requires good leadership qualities so that soldiers would follow him physically.
