Management and Organizational Studies 1022F/G Lecture 3: Lecture 3.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 1022F/G
• Professor: Suzanne Kearns

Document Summary

In 1964, unified the three branches of armed forces (bill c-90) Implemented a common uniform and rank structure. Thought it would save money in administrative services. Unification was not a success: lack of guidance from gov"t, financial saving never materialized. Shift back began in 1975: air command was created to restore structure to af activities, in 1986 blue uniforms were brought back. Domestic and international operations: deployable force on 24000, canadian expeditionary force command (cefcom) Humanitarian, peacekeeping and combat operation: canadian special operation force command (cansofcom) Provides special operations force domestically and abroad. Tasked with counter-terrorism and high value task: canada command (canada com) Routine and emergency cf ops in canada and na: canadian operational support command (canoscom) National-level support to domestic and international operations. Airspace surveillance and control: north american aerospace defense command (norad) Formed through partnership between canada and us. Use worldwide sensors to identify threats and communicate information.