Acoup (acoup.blog) has a few really nice posts about this topic (in relation with current Ukraine conflict no less.)
Basic takeaway is this - yes, everyone wants to run their army using (googlable keyword) Auftragstaktik. But that's very similar to saying that everyone in software business wants to run their software company like Netflix, Apple or Google at it's best - with responsible senior engineers that own their mistakes, show initiative, are skilled and don't let performance or power spats influence their ability to achieve goals.
But the reality is, that shaping such an organization (or company!) is exceedingly hard and requires massive culture shifts within people of the organization (which bring their own baggage from outside) and incentives. It's easy to say you want to be Apple, but hammering a 3rd tier company filled with backstabbing juniors into a highly performing machine is going to be an impossible task.
That's what many nations are facing when shaping their armies into better performing units - command-oriented hiearchies can be more effective when your people are poorly skilled and not culturally prepared to work together. Even US had some famous massive fails in WW2 where generals let many Americans die due to their dumb branch power struggles and egos.
Basic takeaway is this - yes, everyone wants to run their army using (googlable keyword) Auftragstaktik. But that's very similar to saying that everyone in software business wants to run their software company like Netflix, Apple or Google at it's best - with responsible senior engineers that own their mistakes, show initiative, are skilled and don't let performance or power spats influence their ability to achieve goals.
But the reality is, that shaping such an organization (or company!) is exceedingly hard and requires massive culture shifts within people of the organization (which bring their own baggage from outside) and incentives. It's easy to say you want to be Apple, but hammering a 3rd tier company filled with backstabbing juniors into a highly performing machine is going to be an impossible task.
That's what many nations are facing when shaping their armies into better performing units - command-oriented hiearchies can be more effective when your people are poorly skilled and not culturally prepared to work together. Even US had some famous massive fails in WW2 where generals let many Americans die due to their dumb branch power struggles and egos.