PRESENTATION ON

Formal and Informal Civil Military

Relationship

July 2014

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
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Relationship

state of being connected,associated,orinvolved

Formal

Anything done in accordance with convention or

etiquette; official, legal, authorized, approved,
traditional, prescribed, orthodox etc

Formal Relationship
based on the structure of rules, roles,
regulations etc.
more of task oriented
established by contractual agreements

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Informal

Anything done in accordance with relaxed, friendly, or

unofficial style, manner, or nature

Informal Relationship
based on mutual respect, mutual
understanding etc
more of socialization
established by personal and social relationship
aim of relationship is not specific

An informal relationship is formed by

social forces within the framework of
traditional Customs, Etiquettes and

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terms

Civilian or Non-military

a person who is not a member of his country's armed

forces
used to refer non-combatants since 1829 in France
also used to refer informal, non-professional, outsider etc
Police is civil or Non-military?

Military

As a nounthe militaryusually refers to a

country'sarmed forces.
As an adjectivemilitaryoriginally referred to soldiers

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CivilMilitary Relations(CMR)

CMR describes the relationship between civil society

as a whole and the military organization established to
protect it.
More narrowly, it describes the relationship between
the civil authority of a given society and its military
authority.

Why we need to study

CMR?

MIST is a perfect example where we need to

develop CMR
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Dir interaction with ministries

Dir interaction with Universities

Dir interaction with other

MIST
is a perfect blending of civil and military
organizations
personal
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Understand the formal structure

Develop informal relation within the

formal structure
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Upholds tradition, culture, values and

How to develop the

relationship?
Answer three basic questions:
@ Whether a gap exists in tradition/culture?
@ If it does exist, whether its existence
matters, and
@ If it does matter, how to mitigate the
negative effects of such gap.
We need to develop informal relationship in
the framework of mutual respect,
maintaining cultural customs, etiquette,
behavior and manner

Any organization isa balance

between the formal structure
and the informal culture of
creativity, relationship
dynamics, communication and
engagement.
Using a tree analogy:
formal relationship is the trunk
and branches
informal relationship are the
leaves, blossoms and fruit

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