Major Amer Ahsan Nawaz
Thesis presented to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
1990
This study focuses on the leader development process of Pakistan Army at the tactical
level, i.e. up to a maximum of seven years of service. It analyzes the present leader
development process of Pakistan Army to see its effectiveness to train leaders fat the
tactical level to perform effectively in future.
The study uses the writings of a few Pakistani authors and Stephen P. Cohen, other than
personal experience as the primary references to describe the influences on the present
leader development model. It also uses a number of writers from Pakistani and US
military to establish the requirements of future.
The study identifies the focus for the leader development process of Pakistan Army for
the leaders at the tactical level by comparing the attributes and skills cultivated by the
society and military culture and the requirements of future. The established focus is then
used as a measure of effectiveness to assess the present leader development model to
ascertain its usefulness to train leaders for future.
It concludes by providing a list of attributes and skills promoted and cultivated by the
society and military culture and those that are required to meet the future environments.
After concluding that the present leader development process does not train leaders at
tactical level to perform effectively in future, it provides specific recommendations in all
three components of the leader development process. In the end the study also identifies a
few areas for further research.
Editor