Accountability (noun) Being responsible or liable for someone or something at the state of event and or situation. A leader takes charge and takes accountability for all those who fall under his or her leadership. Personnel accountability is critical in the event of a disaster or national emergency. Ensuring strict accountability for our military members is relatively easy because they are required to provide supervisors with contact information when they depart on leave even on there off time they are required to be accounted for.Civilians are not required to provide contact information while in a non-duty status, and "The Privacy Act precludes us from making it a mandatory requirement.
Provide emergency contact information to supervisors voluntarily. " So, in the spirit of safety and wellness, and out of concern for each and every member of our great command. One who takes responsibility for those who works under his or her authority needs to have accountability at all times. When most people hear the word "accountability," they immediately become uncomfortable.The thought of making oneself totally open, honest, and vulnerable with another person doesn't sound appealing to most of us. It's easy for people to stay in their comfort zone and avoid confronting difficult issues and weaknesses in their lives.
The key to creating a successful culture of change management is accountability. The entire organization needs to understand the need for being accountable. That will happen as subordinates start to see the benefits of having the process done correctly. There will be less unplanned outages and work. They will begin to move from the reactive mode of operation to being proactive.
When this happens, the subordinates will start to police their own ranks and eliminate subversive behavior before it ever happens. Change management is often cited as the single most important factor for success even above the actual business solution. Because of the importance placed on it being done right, it makes it all the more critical to ensure accountability is in place as well. Without accountability, change management will fail. The U. S.
Army enforces accountability for many reasons; Inventories, Safety, and Work Procedures, and also just being able to keep track of military personnel's at all times.The Army follow a strict, firm, and structural policy or laws. The way accountability plays its role in the Army, it's like the back bone that holds everything together by keeping chaos or commotion at bay. If accountability fails to be kept then it can cause a lot of disorderly conduct amongst the Army and society itself. I as a Soldier firmly believe that accountability is highly important in the Army for these following reasons: Inventory- when doing inventory in the field, at work, or even in your own home having accountability of your important or valuable things or information can be helpful.
Safety and Work Procedures- these two to me can run hand and hand. We do whats called "head count," it's like another term for keeping accountability on how many Soldiers that are on deck, and for safety reasons only, if an military personnel leaves his or her prospective place of business that person that is in charge should have accountability for those who work in there environment for safety procedures. Keeping track- to me this is something that is just common knowledge. Paying attention to your surroundings, asking questions or providing information, just being involved will and can improve the accountability.Nothing is more important than the safety and well being of our Soldiers and their families. For that reason, we have spent a lot of time, and committed significant resources, to our Command Wellness and Safety.
I think our ability to account for all of our people, military and AF civilian, at all times, represents a fundamental component of our overall Army -- and in my view is critical to achieve success. The only way this can come to be known is by simply keeping your self and other Soldiers accounted for at all time
