Leadership Authority and Responsibility

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Leadership Authority and Responsibility
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Overview

• Sources and types of an officers authority
• Limits in applying authority
• Responsibilities associated with authority
• Guidelines for issuing orders
• Authority Case Studies
• Responsibilities of an officer
• Responsibility Case Studies

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Authority

• Sources of Authority
• Direct - President
• Ultimate - Constitution
• Types of Authority
• Legal - spelled out in directives
• Moral - inherent in an officers
  commission

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Limits in Applying Authority

• Delegation
• The Command function
• Lawful Orders
• Due process of law
• Private lives
• American citizens

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Responsibility

• Enforcement of
• UCMJ
• Customs and courtesies
• Good order and discipline

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Guidelines for Issuing Orders

• Within limits of authority
• Related to military duty, morale, or discipline
• Clear and unequivocal
• Received and understood

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• AUTHORITY
• CASE STUDIES

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Officer Responsibilities (In Order)

• Mission
• Higher Headquarters
• Collateral Units
• Unit welfare
• Individuals
• Yourself
• To act decisively
• Community

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• RESPONSIBILITY
• CASE STUDIES

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Summary

• Sources and types of an officers authority
• Limits in applying authority
• Responsibilities associated with authority
• Guidelines for issuing orders
• Authority Case Studies
• Responsibilities of an officer
• Responsibility Case Studies