Liderazgo en el nuevo sistema de educación del Ejército de Tierra de España = Leadership in the new Spanish Army Education System

Utrero González, Natalia ; Callado Muñoz, Francisco José ; Aiger Valles, Montserrat (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: The Spanish army has recently implemented a new integrated educational curriculum to train officers by bringing together excellent and up-to-date technical knowledge, with a special emphasis on leadership, careful physical preparation and a solid moral foundation. The new curriculum is part of a carefully renovated human resources policy to develop a new type of leadership capable of adapting and performing successfully in the flexible and uncertain environments where national armies operate. The objective of the paper is to carry out an analysis of the implementation of the new educational system following the framework of Wright and Nishii (2006) that allows evaluating the implementation of new initiatives aimed at changing human resources policy. The main axes of the new system are critically analyzed and, based on this analysis; its implementation is evaluated by means of a survey carried out on its users. The survey is made to the first promotion that has been formed in the new curriculum once completed their training at the University Center of Defense and before going to the special academies. Information is required regarding three fundamental areas: training at the center, internal practices and external practices. The results of the survey allow affirming that the design, communication and implementation of the curriculum is positively evaluated by the cadets. However, non-curricular training actions, such as external and internal practices and the development of leadership activities in real situations, which are considered complementary to formal education, receive a low evaluation, considering them not related to leadership. This evidence suggests aspects to be reviewed in the new education system with the aim of improving its effectiveness.

Idioma: Múltiples idiomas

DOI: 10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2019-385-419

Año: 2019

Publicado en: Revista de educación 2019, 385 (2019), 119-144
ISSN: 0034-8082

Factor impacto JCR: 0.761 (2019)

Categ. JCR: EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH rank: 224 / 263 = 0.852 (2019) - Q4 - T3

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.562 - Education (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S24-17R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S52-17R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/ECO2016-76255-P
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/ECO2017-86305-C4-2-R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/UZCUD2018-SOC-01
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/UZCUD2018-SOC-04

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Psicología Social (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)