Institutional Adaptation Marches On!
What is it'
For over a year the Army has been adapting its institutions so that the Army thinks, acts and operates as an enterprise by encouraging civilian and military leaders to take a holistic view of Army objectives and resources and empowering them to integrate related functions to effectively and efficiently generate trained and ready forces for combatant commanders and sustain the all-volunteer force. We are revising our modernization strategy and taking steps to build resilience in our Soldiers, families and Army civilians. This is necessary to sustain the Army as the strength of the nation into the future.
What has the Army done'
At the center of this transformation is Institutional Adaptation (IA), which is actively applying an enterprise approach to improve Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) and to reform the requirements and resources processes. First, core enterprise leaders are currently reviewing policies, processes, procedures and strategies that should change to institutionalize ARFORGEN so that the Army reaches its desired fiscal year 2012 boots on ground dwell goals of 1:2 for the active component and 1:4 for the reserve component. Second, the Army commissioned the Reno study en route to developing an agile, value-based requirements development process that identifies, rapidly integrates and sustains needed capabilities for the force and creates a more responsive and realistic process that supports improved management of requirements and resources. The study was completed in June and an initial assessment of its recommendations is ongoing.
What continued efforts does the Army have planned of the future'
An IA focused panel is planned to be held at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual meeting at 2 p.m. on October 6. The focus of the panel is "Adapting our Institutions: An Enterprise Approach to Improving ARFORGEN."
Why is this important to the Army'
It is time to adapt the Army's institutions to support an expeditionary Army at war operating on a rotational cycle to ensure the long-term health of the institution. Institutional adaptation seeks to leverage collaborative forums instead of functional "silos" to enable decisions that are best for the Army. These forums are critical to continuously adapt institutional policies, processes, procedures to optimize the Army's outputs. To remain on track to restore balance by 2011, the Army needs to distribute available resources to achieve the optimal balance between effectiveness, efficiency and strategic risk - in short, to achieve readiness at best value.
Resources:
<a href="https://www.armyenterprise.army.mil" target="_blank">Army Enterprise Portal</a>
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