Australian Army Journal

ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE
From Institution to Occupation:
Australian Army Culture in Transition
THE AUTHOR
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony A. John, CSC (Retd), served in the Australian Army
from 1981 to 2010. He has previously contributed to the Australian Army Journal.
ENDNOTES
1 Frances Hesselbein is the President and CEO of the Hesselbein Leadership Institute.
2 Adapted from the Macquarie Australian Dictionary (3rd edn revised 2004), The Macquarie
Library, NSW, 2004.
3 Department of Defence, Pathway to Change: Evolving Defence Culture, Canberra, 2012, p. 12.
4 S. Huntington, The Soldier and The State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations,
Harvard University Press, US, 1957.
5 M. Janowitz, The Professional Soldier: A Social and Political Portrait, Free Press, NY, 1960.
6 Desmond Ball and Cathy Downes (eds.), Security and Defence: Pacific and Global
Perspectives, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1990.
7 Charles Moskos, ‘Institutional and Occupational Trends in the Armed Forces’ in Charles
Moskos and Frank Wood, The Military: More Than Just a Job? Pergammon-Brassey’s,
Washington, 1988, pp. 16–17.
8 Hugh Smith, Social Change and the Australian Defence Force, Working Paper No. 19,
Australian Defence Studies Centre, Canberra, 1993, p. 12.
9 Ian McPhedran, ‘Number of Generals in Australian Army Doubles’, Courier-Mail, 3 March 2010.
10 John Hackett, The Profession of Arms, Book Club, London, 1983, p. 197.
11 Alan Wrigley, The Defence Force and the Community, Australian Government Printing Service,
Canberra, 1990, p. 209.
12 Defence Recruiting at: http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/ (downloaded 15 March 13).
13 Smith, Social Change and the Australian Defence Force, p. 12.
14 2011 Defence Census at: http://www.defence.gov.au/dpe/defencecensus/Public-Report2011.pdf
(downloaded 15 Mar 13).
15 Australian Bureau of Statistics at: http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Summary2005
(downloaded 15 Mar 13).
16 Defence Reconciliation Action Plan at: http://www.defence.gov.au/fr/publications/DRAP2010-
14.pdf (downloaded 11 Mar 13).
17 Major General Elizabeth Cosson was the first 1-star and then 2-star female officer.
She separated from the Army in 2010.
18 Culture review at: http://www.defence.gov.au/culturereviews/docs/.pdf (downloaded 15 Mar 13).
19 DFRT Annual Report at: http://www.dfrt.gov.au/annual-reports/DFRT-Annual-
Report-2010-2011.pdf (downloaded 14 Mar 13).
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