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Training Tools to Improve the Teaching and Coaching Skills of Military Advisors
Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W91WAW-08-P-0428
Agency Tracking Number: A08A-003-0290
Amount:
$99,988.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
STTR
Solicitation Topic Code:
A08-T003
Solicitation Number:
2008.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year:
2008
Award Year:
2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date):
2008-09-02
Award End Date (Contract End Date):
2009-03-01
Small Business Information
777 29th Street, Suite 102
Boulder, CO
80303
United States
DUNS:
789434763
HUBZone Owned:
No
Woman Owned:
Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
No
Principal Investigator
Name: Andi O'Conor
Title: Senior Researcher
Phone: (303) 544-1978
Email: aoconor@ecrossculture.com
Title: Senior Researcher
Phone: (303) 544-1978
Email: aoconor@ecrossculture.com
Business Contact
Name: Mark Yager
Title: Senior Researcher
Phone: (303) 544-1978
Email: myager@ecrossculture.com
Title: Senior Researcher
Phone: (303) 544-1978
Email: myager@ecrossculture.com
Research Institution
Name: KENT STATE UNIV.
Contact: Ken Cushner
Address:
Phone: (330) 672-0728
Type: Nonprofit College or University
Contact: Ken Cushner
Address:
International Affairs
Van Campen Hall
Kent, OH
80309
United States
Phone: (330) 672-0728
Type: Nonprofit College or University
Abstract
We propose to develop and evaluate an innovative training system for improving military advisors’ ability to teach and coach their host nation counterparts from a different country. Our effort will involve a comprehensive literature review, inclusion of an expert in cross-cultural training, interviews with SMEs, experts in the field, advisors, and host-national who have received US military advisor training. We'll produce a grounded theoretical model with identification of cultural, situational, and individual factors. We'll describe learning style differences in a specific Middle Eastern culture and make recommendations for overcoming language and communication difficulties.
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