Military Management | The Runway

As a topic of Program Wirraway, Military Management focuses on promoting professionalism through up-skilling in the broad areas of management, organisational and cultural competence, attitudes, values and ethics, resilience, and strategies to be employed as you navigate the complex Defence systems as you navigate military and civilian organisational systems throughout your career. Military management involves efficiently coordinating resources and personnel within the armed forces to achieve mission objectives. It requires effective planning, organization, and direction of military activities while promoting accountability and teamwork. Strong decision-making skills, adaptability, and fostering professional growth are essential. Military management is vital for maintaining readiness and ensuring successful mission accomplishment.

Military Management

Are you working in your ‘best-fit’ role?

People can be misaligned within jobs and this can be observed through disengagement, demotivation and lack of productivity. Managers cannot always find alternate roles, but can help personnel through working to their strengths and interests.

Military Management

Conquering deadlines — turn anxiety into achievement

Deadlines can upset the workplace equilibrium leading to stress and in some cases inefficiencies. A model to consider is Getting Things Done, which relies on building resilience through more effective organisational and cognitive reframing strategies.

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Why do we think hard work is virtuous? Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic gives a sharp answer

People like to express that virtue is through hard work. It is interesting to trace the philosophical roots of work ethic, but importantly to appreciate that a motive of work can be simply proving you’re not disposable.

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AI makes measuring work performance a lot trickier. How do companies adapt?

AI is now challenging the submission of original work and how to be recognised and rewarded. A broader debate is about how credit at work is attributed and implications as to how personnel are assessed and reported.

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Progress on gender equality at work is slow and uneven, new index finds

The latest gender equality index at work only shows a marginal improvement over the past 10 years. Gaps in pay and career progression, alongside deep division between the types of jobs women and men do, are still prevalent.

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Resilient critical infrastructure is its own deterrence

Resilience reduces incentives for strategic disruption. Strong, adaptable infrastructure makes disruption far less rewarding for hostile actors—reducing the appeal of coercion by proving that essential systems can withstand pressure and recover quickly.

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Why you’re not getting the credit you deserve

In the business sector people commonly feel like they’re not getting enough credit for achievements at work. As most managers are busy thinking about their own priorities, the individual sometimes can apply strategies to be recognised.

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The Career Risk of Always Saying ‘Yes, I’ll Help’

By saying yes to helping at work, colleagues and managers see you as dependable and teams can run smoother. A risk is that the work then becomes concentrated on the shoulders of the same few people.

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Australia's defence budget poised to grow

Annual growth of 5.9% is expected to lift spending to $56.2 billion by 2030. Highlights are:- AUKUS-driven modernisation, expanded sustainment capability and R&D. A sharpened strategic emphasis on deterrence, interoperability, and industrial resilience features.

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An enduring symbol: why troops keep naming things after reptiles

Reptilian mascots appear on patches, aircraft and unit logos across every branch of the military. They are underpinned by symbolism of power, strength, endurance and discipline. Reptile call signs are also linked to clear and secure tactical communication.