Abstract:
This study identifies the influence of national and military organisational values on the cultures of the armed forces of Australia, Britain and Canada, in order to assess
the impact of culture on Joint, Combined and Multinational operations. This is
achieved by:
· Defining culture, values and related concepts.
· Outlining a viable methodology to examine and profile cultural values.
· Demonstrating why values form the basis of this study.
· Reviewing the body of cross-cultural academic literature on cultural values and
the military.
· Executing a measurement of values in a consistent and academically sound
manner.
· Examining national influences on the culture of the armed forces of Australia,
Britain and Canada.
· Examining intra- national organisational influences on the culture of the services
of the armed forces of Australia, Britain and Canada.
· Examining international organisational influences on the culture of the services of
the armed forces of Australia, Britain and Canada.
· Focusing on the values of the armed forces examined in this study in order to
compare the findings with the results obtained from the Values Survey Module.
· Discussing the implications of the findings of this study and demonstrate how the
values of the nations and organisations that have been examined can be expected
to affect future operations.
