Staff colleges (also command and staff colleges and War colleges ) train military officers in the administrative, military staff and policy aspects of their profession. It is usual for such training to occur at several levels in a career. For example, an officer may be sent to various staff courses: as a captain they may be sent to a single service command and staff school to prepare for company command and equivalent staff posts; as a major to a single or joint service college to prepare for battalion command and equivalent staff posts; and as a colonel or brigadier to a higher staff college to prepare for brigade and division command and equivalent postings.
19-513: The success of staff colleges spawned, in the mid-twentieth century, a civilian imitation in what are called administrative staff colleges . These institutions apply some of the principles of the education of the military colleges to the executive development of managers from both the public and private sectors of the economy. The first and best-known administrative staff college was established in Britain at Greenlands near Henley , Oxfordshire and
38-521: A basic templates for other staff courses around the world. Nations have taken a wide variety of approaches to the form, curriculum and status of staff colleges, but have much in common with the Prussian courses of the early 19th Century. Some courses act as filters for promotion or entry into a specialist staff corps. The length of courses varies widely, from three months to three years, with some having entrance and/or exit examinations. The more senior
57-410: A higher staff college to prepare for brigade and division command and equivalent postings. The success of staff colleges spawned, in the mid-twentieth century, a civilian imitation in what are called administrative staff colleges . These institutions apply some of the principles of the education of the military colleges to the executive development of managers from both the public and private sectors of
76-811: Is a business school which is affiliated with the University of Reading . It was formed by merging the previously independent Henley Management College (formerly the Administrative Staff College) with the existing business school of the University of Reading. As a result of the merger it now occupies two sites: Greenlands Campus , near the town of Henley-on-Thames , the original site of the Henley Management College, and Whiteknights Campus in Reading . As of 2020
95-459: Is now renamed Henley Management College . The first modern staff college was that of Prussia . Prussian advanced officer education began under the reign of Frederick the Great in 1710. The Seven Years' War demonstrated the inadequacy of the education that generals had at that time, but it was not until 1801 that staff training in a modern sense began when Gerhard von Scharnhorst became
114-406: Is usual for such training to occur at several levels in a career. For example, an officer may be sent to various staff courses: as a captain they may be sent to a single service command and staff school to prepare for company command and equivalent staff posts; as a major to a single or joint service college to prepare for battalion command and equivalent staff posts; and as a colonel or brigadier to
133-710: The University of Reading to form the Henley Business School . It consists of the School of International Business and Strategy; the School of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour; the School of Marketing and Reputation; the School of Business Informatics, Systems and Accounting (which includes the Informatics Research Centre); the School of Real Estate & Planning; the ICMA Centre ; and Executive Education Programmes. As of 2023
152-599: The école militaire in Paris. Sweden The Australian Defence College (ADC) was officially opened in 1999 in Canberra . It is a Joint organisation, and comprises: Prior to the establishment of the Australian Command and Staff College, middle management officer Command and Staff training was conducted at separate single Service staff colleges: Administrative staff college Henley Business School
171-642: The college achieved triple accreditation status from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). The Greenlands campus of the college is located on the banks of the river Thames near Henley-on-Thames, on a country estate and former home of the WH Smith family. In 2008, the Henley Management College merged with
190-620: The college was influenced by the management consultant and writer Lyndall Urwick , the academic Hector Hetherington , the civil servant Sir Donald Banks and the businessman Sir Geoffrey Heyworth (later Lord Heyworth); its curriculum was designed by its first principal, Noel Hall . From the beginning, its intention was to bring together executives from Her Majesty's Civil Service , private business and nationalised industries to help develop their skills for promotion to senior management. Henley ran its first Masters in Business in 1974. This
209-638: The course, the more likely that it will include strategic, political and joint aspects, with junior courses often focusing on single service and tactical military aspects of warfare. Certain terms of art or idiom have developed in staff colleges over time, and then been used in wider college or university settings and everyday usage, including: The following is an incomplete list of staff colleges, by continent by country: Ghana Kenya Namibia Nigeria South Africa Uganda Royal Jordanian Joint Command and Staff College Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College All these schools are seated in
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#1732765117780228-637: The course, the more likely that it will include strategic, political and joint aspects, with junior courses often focusing on single service and tactical military aspects of warfare. Certain terms of art or idiom have developed in staff colleges over time, and then been used in wider college or university settings and everyday usage, including: The following is an incomplete list of staff colleges, by continent by country: Ghana Kenya Namibia Nigeria South Africa Uganda Royal Jordanian Joint Command and Staff College Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College All these schools are seated in
247-458: The dean is Elena Beleska-Spasova. As of 2020 Henley Business School held triple-accredited status from AMBA , EQUIS and AACSB . 51°33′47″N 0°52′57″W / 51.56306°N 0.88250°W / 51.56306; -0.88250 Staff college Staff colleges (also command and staff colleges and War colleges ) train military officers in the administrative, military staff and policy aspects of their profession. It
266-572: The director of the Prussian Military Academy . Prussian defeats by Napoleon I led to the creation of the Allgemeine Kriegsschule (General War Academy) with a nine-month programme covering mathematics, tactics, strategy, staff work, weapons science, military geography, languages, physics, chemistry, and administration. The German staff courses have been used as a basic templates for other staff courses around
285-449: The economy. The first and best-known administrative staff college was established in Britain at Greenlands near Henley , Oxfordshire and is now renamed Henley Management College . The first modern staff college was that of Prussia . Prussian advanced officer education began under the reign of Frederick the Great in 1710. The Seven Years' War demonstrated the inadequacy of the education that generals had at that time, but it
304-480: The school had triple accreditation by EQUIS , AMBA and the AACSB . The Administrative Staff College was set up in 1945 at Henley-on-Thames as the civilian equivalent of the military staff colleges . It offered short courses in problems of advanced management. The college was offered the use of Greenlands by the 3rd Viscount Hambledon in 1946, and was bought outright from the family in 1952. In its early years,
323-413: The world. Nations have taken a wide variety of approaches to the form, curriculum and status of staff colleges, but have much in common with the Prussian courses of the early 19th Century. Some courses act as filters for promotion or entry into a specialist staff corps. The length of courses varies widely, from three months to three years, with some having entrance and/or exit examinations. The more senior
342-474: Was not until 1801 that staff training in a modern sense began when Gerhard von Scharnhorst became the director of the Prussian Military Academy . Prussian defeats by Napoleon I led to the creation of the Allgemeine Kriegsschule (General War Academy) with a nine-month programme covering mathematics, tactics, strategy, staff work, weapons science, military geography, languages, physics, chemistry, and administration. The German staff courses have been used as
361-547: Was renamed MBA by the end of the 1970s. In 1981, the college changed its name from its original title to Henley - The Management College . This was changed again to the Henley Management College when it was awarded a royal charter in 1991. In the 1980s the college's full time and part time MBA education were based at Brunel University. In the beginning the MBAs were awarded by Brunel University. By 2002,
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