![]() The rest of the report reflects the arbitrariness and potentially counter-productive nature of that approach. The intent seems to be separation of the Naval War College mission, education, and how it carries out the mission, process. While that would make sense if it meant that the Provost should not order the air conditioning filters, that doesn’t appear the intent. Upon close reading this schizophrenia seems to flow from the report’s recommendation on "Organizational Structure." It calls for separating operations from academics. The bottom line: the IG seems to want the Naval War College to be academically more like Yale (which NWC administrators have suggested is a peer school to the NWC), but also more in lock-step with Department of Defense (DoD) bureaucratic rules. Based on the report recently issued, it could prove useful for them, and the Navy. The team sent to the Naval War College (NWC) by the Naval Inspector General’s (IG) office last August might benefit from attending our classes. Trying to democratize Iraq by largely military means comes to mind as an example of an ends-means mismatch. In particular, focus is placed on strategic planning to avoid an ends-means mismatch where what you want to do can’t be done with the means you have at hand. Teaching strategy and strategic planning is a key responsibility of the Naval War College. Tom’s note: I sent a Navy IG report on the Naval War College to Professor Joan Johnson-Freese and asked her to review it.
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