Annex D - Questionnaire - Withers Report

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Report of the RMC Board of Governors By the Withers' Study Group
Balanced Excellence Leading Canada's Armed Forces In The New Millenium
4500-240 (ADM (HR-Mil))
24 September 1998

Leadership

  1. What steps should RMC take to improve the leadership skills of its graduates? (CDS, Environmental Commanders, Arms Directors, CFRETS, Commanding Officers, RMC Faculty, RMC graduates)
  2. What qualities can be instilled in an officer at a military college that would not be available from other institutions? (CDS, Environmental Commanders, Commanding Officers, RMC Faculty)
  3. Is the formal education component of the undergraduate program well adapted to what can be anticipated as being the future context of the Canadian Forces' mission and roles? (CDS, Environmental Commanders, ADM(Per), ADM(Pol), RMC Faculty, Staff Colleges Faculty)
  4. Are the communication skills of RMC graduates adequate? Where in the military or academic programs should further development of these skills be fostered? (Commanding Officers, Staff College Faculty, RMC graduates)

Academic Program

  1. Is there a requirement for a range of degrees at RMC or would a basic (General) Bachelors of Science, Military Science or Arts be sufficient? (ADM(Per), ADM(Pol), Environmental Commanders, RMC Faculty)
  2. Are the undergraduate academic standards of RMC appropriate? If not, what changes are needed? (ADM(Per), ADM(Pol), RMC Faculty, Staff Colleges Faculty)
  3. Does the RMC academic program focus on the right disciplines to both attract and develop good officers and meet the long-term professional needs of the CF? (ADM(Per), CFRETS, Environmental Commanders, RMC Faculty)
  4. Should cadets receive academic credit for achieving required levels of bilingualism? (ADM(Per), CFRETS, RMC Faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)
  5. What new educational techniques/methodologies/delivery methods exist? How could they be used more effectively to meet the needs of the CF? ADM(Per), CFRETS, RMC Faculty, Staff College Faculty)
  6. Are there unmet needs for academic training (learning to learn) and military education (military history, strategy, military theory) beyond the basic aspects currently inherent in the RMC undergraduate program? (CDS, CFRETS, RMC Faculty, Staff Colleges Faculty, RMC graduates)
  7. Does the education and training of officer candidates adequately prepare them for the exercise of leadership and judgement as needed, especially for peace operations? Are there subjects which require reinforcement/enhancement in the program which bear on these issues? (e.g. history, ethics, languages, doctrine, social sciences) (CDS, ADM(Pol), Environmental Commanders, Arms Directors, Commanding Officers, RMC Faculty, RMC graduates)

Professional Development / Military Ethos

  1. Is the military training at RMC in the undergraduate program adequate? If not, why? (CDS, ADM(Per), CFRETS, Environmental Commanders, Commanding Officers)
  2. Do the cadets know what military qualities are expected of them? (Commanding Officers, RMC Faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)
  3. How can the presence on the RMC campus of graduate programs, continuing education programs and research be used to enrich the undergraduate program? (RMC faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)
  4. What do you think of the recent graduates of RMC? What value do they deliver to you? What is your opinion of RMC graduates 10 years and beyond after graduation? (Arms Directors, Commanding Officers)
  5. What fraction of the intake of officers should be through RMC? (CDS, Environmental Commanders, ADM(Per), CFRETS, Staff Colleges, Faculty)
  6. How is the leadership/military education delivered? What value does it provide? (RMC Faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)
  7. What does RMC give the young officer that is not readily available to officers entering by a different route? (ADM(Per), Arms Directors, RMC Faculty, Staff Colleges Faculty, Commanding Officers, RMC graduates)
  8. When is the MOC selection made? Is there a more useful or effective timing for this basic decision? (ADM(Per), CFRETS, RMC Faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)
  9. Does RMC prepare an officer to effectively exploit the opportunities/challenges posed throughout the four OPD Phases of his/her career? (ADM(Per), CFRETS, Staff Colleges Faculty)

Military / Academic Interface

  1. At first sight there does not seem to be an especially good integration of military training and academic education at RMC. On the contrary there seems to be a barrier between these two dimensions, the task of integration being left to the individual student. By which ways and means can a better integration be obtained? (CFRETS, RMC Faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)
  2. How could the academic and military wings be integrated to provide a combined course of study to produce more effective officers? (RMC Faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)
  3. How can the military, academic and language training programs be improved to meet the needs for cross-cultural sensitivity and related skills which may be needed in an international setting? (ADM(Per), CFRETS, RMC Faculty, RMC graduates)
  4. What changes would reduce the separation between the four pillars of academic, military, language and physical fitness preparation for the RMC cadet? Would enhanced integration of these pillars be beneficial? (CFRETS, RMC Faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)

CF/RMC Interface

  1. Think of RMC as a Co-operative University. What value could it deliver to you? How could it best be structured to meet the needs of the CF? (ADM(Per), CFRETS, Environmental Commanders, Arms Directors, RMC Faculty)
  2. Is the future role of the CF in Canadian society and the international community clearly enough defined in order to design the program content of RMC? (CDS, ADM(Pol), RMC Faculty, cadets)
  3. Is summer training adequate? How can it be improved? (ADM(Per), Environmental Commanders, Arms Directors, RMC Faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)
  4. Is/was life at RMC consistent with what you see in the Regular Force? How is it different? (RMC graduates, cadets)
  5. Is a Co-op system with applied terms falling in different semesters a useful model? (ADM(Per), CFRETS, Environmental Commanders, RMC Faculty)

Language / Culture

  1. Is RMC a truly bilingual/bicultural institution? (ADM(Per), CFRETS, Commanding Officers, RMC Faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)
  2. Are RMC graduates adequately bilingual? (ADM(Per), CFRETS, Commanding Officers, RMC Faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)
  3. How critical is the continuation of the program at St Jean to maintaining an adequate intake of Francophone officers? (ADM(Per)
  4. How could second language training be more effectively delivered to create bilingual officers? (ADM(Per), RMC Faculty, RMC graduates)
  5. How much is the French/English week system used? Is it beneficial? (RMC Faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)

Recruitment / Retention

  1. What change(s) would you recommend in officer recruiting practices and methods? (ADM(Per), CFRETS, RMC Faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)
  2. What change(s) at RMC would improve longer term retention of RMC officer graduates? (ADM(Per), Environmental Commanders, RMC Faculty, RMC graduates, cadets)
  3. Should the responsibility for the retention of officers be addressed by the college level or during active, post graduation? (ADM(Per), CFRETS, RMC Faculty)
  4. What would have made you stay in the forces longer and become a career officer? (RMC graduates - retired)
  5. Why did you leave the CF? What impact did RMC have on your career and possibly your decision to leave the forces? (RMC graduates - retired)
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