Instructions

Reading Assignment:

The Staff Ride (pp. 3-24)

(https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-21/CMH_Pub_70-21(2014).pdf)

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The staff ride is a versatile educational tool. Its sole purpose is to further the professional development of U.S. Army leaders. You can design it to achieve one or many objectives, depending upon the needs of the organization and the circumstances under which you conduct the staff ride. This activity design can achieve several

objectives, depending on the gaps identified in your analysis of the workforce.

Journal Assignment Instructions:

1. Identify a historic campaign or battle.

2. Describe how Sergeants Major could plan and implement a staff ride to assess and address performance gaps and develop the workforce within their organization.

NOTE: In your planning, ensure that you address how the preliminary phase, the field study phase, and the integration phase can help achieve your intended results. Ensure that you identify what the overall development goal is for your staff ride. The journal must be between 500-700 words.

Proper APA style, 6th Edition sourcing and citing is required for referenced information that you obtain and events you were not personally party to. Make sure to include in-text citations where applicable. Do not write in first person.