Team Leadership for Emerging Frontiers in the Republic of Si…

This assignment is to encourage critical thinking and evidence-based analysis of team

effectiveness in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), especially in the light of emerging frontiers, specifically about Sustainability.

Part 1: RSAF Context and Mission

Part 2: Emerging Frontiers and Current Team Leadership

Drawing on the context established in Part 1, critically analyse how current understandings

of team effectiveness, particularly through the RSAFs Leadership Framework are being challenged, reshaped, or potentially rendered insufficient by emerging frontiers. You should focus on Sustainability.

Your analysis must go beyond description to evaluation. Participants are expected to examine

tensions, limitations, and implications for current team leadership practices, supported by

relevant academic research. Assertions should be evidence-based rather than opinion driven,

demonstrating critical engagement (not mere absorption) with the literature and its

relevance to the SAF context.

Part 3: Updating the SAF Concept of Team Development

Propose how the RSAF can update its current approach to team development and team

effectiveness in order to respond more effectively to the emerging frontier identified in Part

2. Your recommendations should be forward-looking, evidence-based, and grounded in the

operational realities of the RSAF.

Part 4: Implementation Challenges and Solutions

Identify and critically analyse the key challenges that may arise when implementing your

proposed updates to team effectiveness. Consider organisational, cultural, structural, and

operational constraints within the RSAF. Your analysis should demonstrate realism and an

appreciation of how change operates in complex systems.

For each major challenge identified, propose practical, evidence-informed strategies to

mitigate or overcome it. Strong responses will balance ambition with feasibility, showing how

recommendations can align with SAFs existing systems, structures, and command realities

while still enabling meaningful progress.

Key Expectations

Provide well-supported, evidence-based arguments

Example: Instead of saying, Diverse teams perform better, cite research such on operational

teams, and explain how the findings apply to your context.

Critically evaluate literature, practice, and the SAF context

Example: Compare what academic literature says about team leadership with actual Singapore Armed Forces frameworks. Discuss alignment, gaps, and possible reasons for differences.