Chapter 5 Cover and Move Flashcards
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What is most fundamental Law of Combat?
What does cover and move mean put simply?
Cover and Move
Put simply, Cover and Move means teamwork.
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What is the basic principal of Cover and Move?
All elements w/i the greater team are crucial and must work together to accomplish the mission, mutually supporting one another for that single purpose.
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What happens when cover and move is not. followed and elements of the team work independently?
the results can be catastrophic for the over all team’s performance.
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Within any team divisions arise. When smaller teams get so focused on their immediate task, they forget about what’s others are doing or how they depend on other teams. Teams start to compete and when there are other obstacles animosity and blame develop, inhibiting the overall team’s performance. How is this remedied?
It falls on leaders to continually keep perspective on the strategic mission and remind the team that they are part of a greater team and the strategic mission is paramount.
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Each member of the team is critical, _____ must be clearly identified.
though the main effort and supporting efforts must be clearly identified.
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What does pointing finger and placing blame do?
Creates further dissension between teams and individuals. If the overall team failed everyone failed.
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Individuals and teams must find a way to work together, communicate with each other, and mutually support one another. Where should the focus always be?
How to best accomplish the mission.
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What was the business application of cover and move?
Production manager frustrated by a subsidiary company of the parent company who he was reliant on to ship their product. They didn’t understand they worked for the same team, once they engaged the subsidy company explaining what they needed and why the production manager was able to find ways to work to gather to be more efficient, making them part of his team.
