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SF0002 MILITARY LEADERSHIP TERM ASSIGNMENT
Task 1
Insight 1: The effectiveness of motivation
1. Motivation is a very simple concept that can be easily understood by many. As such, it got to me as an epiphany on what is the most effective way to motivate, and how should I go about doing so.
2. Motivation is the root of behaviour as it triggers and excites one to behave in a certain way (Petri, 2004). Narrowing towards the perspective of Singapore Military, motivation is certainly even more essential where the 90% of the force consists of conscript (Staff, 2014). These conscripts are bound by law to fight irregardless of their desire to contribute yet their presence are still very significant to a small nation where “numbers’’ are our main resources. Fundamentally, they may behave in a way - for instance showing lack of interest in trainings, unfocused, and reluctant to act in accordance to the regimentation. As minor as it may seem, this may eventually lead up to evasion of war should we ever face one. As such, leading to the need of a military leader where one of the main roles is to be the provider of motivations, allowing soldiers to fight not because they have to, but because they wanted to; The lack of motivation will show otherwise. There are a few models which I found it very relevant and useful for the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). Amongst all, I found that Maslow’s hierarchy of Needs suits very much, especially in the SAF as it comprehensively satisfies most needs of different people at the same time. While conscripts serve 2 years of their time, this may post as a constraint on whether how much a military leader should and can motivate his/her subordinates. Maslow proposed that “humans have various needs that drive beha...

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