Africa's Oil Coast: How the Region's Strategic Importance May Cause Operational Challenges for AFRICOM as Currently Constructed - Organizational Structure, Forces and Allocated Resources

Nonfiction, History, Africa, South Africa, Military, United States
Cover of the book Africa's Oil Coast: How the Region's Strategic Importance May Cause Operational Challenges for AFRICOM as Currently Constructed - Organizational Structure, Forces and Allocated Resources by Progressive Management, Progressive Management
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Progressive Management ISBN: 9781310476181
Publisher: Progressive Management Publication: April 12, 2016
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Progressive Management
ISBN: 9781310476181
Publisher: Progressive Management
Publication: April 12, 2016
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) is at a critical crossroads regarding the trajectory of its organizational design and operational approach. As problems in Africa continue to escalate and present additional threats to U.S. national security, the combatant command faces issues it is not equipped or organizationally structured to negotiate. Since AFRICOM's formation in 2007, the organization has encountered several challenges due to its limited resourcing, manning, and operational reach. AFRICOM cannot be everywhere on the continent; therefore, the command must prioritize its efforts to improve African security and maximize organizational effectiveness. Senior U.S. policy makers and Department of Defense (DOD) officials should consider re-framing the African operational environment and generate options that more effectively employ military means to foster continental stability and achieve American strategic objectives.

One prospective approach is to place more emphasis and resources towards stabilizing Africa's Oil Coast. Violent extremism, illicit drug trafficking, and lucrative oil resources represent interdependent subjects that are manifesting instability throughout the Oil Coast. These emerging transnational threats jeopardize long-term African security, endangering prosperity throughout the international system. Therefore, a plausible option for U.S. policy makers and DOD officials to consider is making the region AFRICOM's decisive operation. Through increased resourcing and structural adaption, this approach may increase AFRICOM's operational efficiency and more effectively facilitate the commands linkage of tactical actions to strategic ends across both time and space.

CHAPTER 1 * INTRODUCTION * Background of the Study * Statement of the Problem * Purpose of the Study * Significance of the Study * Theoretical Framework * Research Questions * Limitations * Assumptions * Organization of the Study * CHAPTER II * Literature review * Introduction * Organizational Theory * Literature Review Summary * CHAPTER III * METHODOLOGY * Data Collection * Data Analysis * CHAPTER IV * DATA ANALYSIS * Why Africa's Oil Coast? * AFRICOM CASE STUDY * Overview * AFRICOM's Organizational Structure * AFRICOM's Forces and Allocated Resources * AFRICOM's Organizational Effectiveness * CHAPTER V * CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS * Conclusion * Recommendations * BIBLIOGRAPHY * FOOTNOTES

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) is at a critical crossroads regarding the trajectory of its organizational design and operational approach. As problems in Africa continue to escalate and present additional threats to U.S. national security, the combatant command faces issues it is not equipped or organizationally structured to negotiate. Since AFRICOM's formation in 2007, the organization has encountered several challenges due to its limited resourcing, manning, and operational reach. AFRICOM cannot be everywhere on the continent; therefore, the command must prioritize its efforts to improve African security and maximize organizational effectiveness. Senior U.S. policy makers and Department of Defense (DOD) officials should consider re-framing the African operational environment and generate options that more effectively employ military means to foster continental stability and achieve American strategic objectives.

One prospective approach is to place more emphasis and resources towards stabilizing Africa's Oil Coast. Violent extremism, illicit drug trafficking, and lucrative oil resources represent interdependent subjects that are manifesting instability throughout the Oil Coast. These emerging transnational threats jeopardize long-term African security, endangering prosperity throughout the international system. Therefore, a plausible option for U.S. policy makers and DOD officials to consider is making the region AFRICOM's decisive operation. Through increased resourcing and structural adaption, this approach may increase AFRICOM's operational efficiency and more effectively facilitate the commands linkage of tactical actions to strategic ends across both time and space.

CHAPTER 1 * INTRODUCTION * Background of the Study * Statement of the Problem * Purpose of the Study * Significance of the Study * Theoretical Framework * Research Questions * Limitations * Assumptions * Organization of the Study * CHAPTER II * Literature review * Introduction * Organizational Theory * Literature Review Summary * CHAPTER III * METHODOLOGY * Data Collection * Data Analysis * CHAPTER IV * DATA ANALYSIS * Why Africa's Oil Coast? * AFRICOM CASE STUDY * Overview * AFRICOM's Organizational Structure * AFRICOM's Forces and Allocated Resources * AFRICOM's Organizational Effectiveness * CHAPTER V * CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS * Conclusion * Recommendations * BIBLIOGRAPHY * FOOTNOTES

More books from Progressive Management

Cover of the book Space Power Integration: Perspectives from Space Weapons Officers, Counterspace Operations, Space Warfare, Air and Space Power by Progressive Management
Cover of the book 20th Century NASA Space History: Mir Mission Chronicle - Modules, Configuration Changes, Major Events of the Russian/Soviet Space Station by Progressive Management
Cover of the book National Defense Intelligence College Paper: Shakespeare for Analysts: Literature and Intelligence - Political Drama, Coups, Richard III and Saddam Hussein, Julius Caesar, Loyalty and Honor by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Defense Department Nuclear Safety and Security Documents: Transportation of Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Weapons Transportation Manual by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Fire Weather (Agriculture Handbook 360) Part 2 - Guide for Application of Meteorological Information to Forest Fire Control Operations, Winds, Moisture, Temperature, Fronts, Thunderstorms, Climate by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Employing Abductive Reasoning to Achieve Understanding: Army's Cognitive Hierarchy Model for Achieving Understanding, PowerPoint Presentations and the Syrian Conflict by Progressive Management
Cover of the book 21st Century Huntington's Disease (HD) Sourcebook: Clinical Data for Patients, Families, and Physicians - Hereditary Chorea, Diagnosis, Symptoms, Genetics, Medications, Clinical Trials by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Guide to Field Marshall William J. Slim: The Great General of World War II, Pivotal Role of Air Mobility in the Burma Campaign, Theoretical Thinking and the Impact of Theory on Campaign Planning by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Gangs and Crime in America: Mara Salvatrucha MS-13 Transnational Central American Street Gang as a Threat to National Security, El Salvadoran Refugees, Terrorism, Organized Crime, Law Enforcement Role by Progressive Management
Cover of the book NASA Report: Aeronautics and Space Report of the President - Fiscal Year 2015 Activities - Human Exploration, International Space Station, Aeronautics, Science, Defense Dept., Other Federal Agencies by Progressive Management
Cover of the book 21st Century FEMA Study Course: Exercise Design (IS-139) - Drills, Functional Exercises, Table Top and Full-scale Exercises, Emergency and Disaster Scenario by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Learning to Leave: The Preeminence of Disengagement in U.S. Military Strategy - Cold War, Iraq War, New World Order, Effects of Barriers, Revealing Misperceptions That Hinder Ending Wars and Conflicts by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Preventing Violent Extremism in the United States: White House Plan for Empowering Local Partners, al-Qaeda, Radicalization and Terrorist Recruitment by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Countering Transnational Organized Crime: How Special Operations Forces Build National Police Capacity in Latin America - TCOs in Bolivia, Colombia, Junglas, Honduras, Narcotics and Drug Trafficking by Progressive Management
Cover of the book 21st Century U.S. Military Manuals: Air Force Handbook - Civil Engineer Camouflage, Concealment, and Deception Measures by Progressive Management
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy