I wondered the same thing. The only thing Google gave me that made sense in context was jargon from a Civilization wiki, meaning a style of military command where orders include implementation details: “here’s the actions you need to take”. The pitfalls of this style are that it places increased cognitive and communications load on the commander, that it can fail to account for local or changing conditions, and that it can lead to poor responsiveness under conditions of imperfect communication.
Current management theory (and, I believe, Western military doctrine, though I’m not an expert) favors objective-based orders: “here’s the goal you need to accomplish”. That leaves implementation details up to subordinates.
Current management theory (and, I believe, Western military doctrine, though I’m not an expert) favors objective-based orders, leaving implementation details up to subordinates.
This makes a lot of sense, thank you. I see the parent comment to mine is right too, that this is Voldemort’s political philosophy. Give me all the power, and then all of my values will be attained.
I wondered the same thing. The only thing Google gave me that made sense in context was jargon from a Civilization wiki, meaning a style of military command where orders include implementation details: “here’s the actions you need to take”. The pitfalls of this style are that it places increased cognitive and communications load on the commander, that it can fail to account for local or changing conditions, and that it can lead to poor responsiveness under conditions of imperfect communication.
Current management theory (and, I believe, Western military doctrine, though I’m not an expert) favors objective-based orders: “here’s the goal you need to accomplish”. That leaves implementation details up to subordinates.
The term of art is mission-type tactics or mission command.
This makes a lot of sense, thank you. I see the parent comment to mine is right too, that this is Voldemort’s political philosophy. Give me all the power, and then all of my values will be attained.