Legal Issues

After-action review (AAR) is a process undertaken most by leaders of an organization or in Army in order to know why something happened, when and how it happened.AAR is also critical assessment for the team leader since it provides a base through which they can train their employees on how to improve their performance. The first part of the paper will keenly discuss the advantages of AAR and other implications of the process. In the second part the paper will highlight the purpose of recorders in incident management and storage of information during emergencies.

Question One.
The first advantage of AAR is that it does not evaluate a failure or a success. This means that the process is only intended to guide the way the leaders or the employees of an organization will undertake similar assignments in future. Thus it does not demotivate employees. The second advantage of the assessment is that it is through its proper performance that team leaders find out exactly why something happened. This implies that incase of a deviation from the expected results, leaders will come up with proper strategies to face off such challenges in the future. Thirdly, it gives the employees avenue through which they are able to learn how things are undertaken and avoided in their assignments. By so doing it does not only give them personal development but also it improves their skills and experience. Fourthly AAR involves participation of all members of the team making it possible to review more projects undertaken by the group. As a result it improves the performance of the team as well as enhancing the spirit of togetherness among the team members.

The review is a continuous process this means that it does not need to be conducted at the end of a project. For the leaders to have a closer monitoring of the activities of their groups it is imperative for AAR to be conducted at different stages of the project.AAR is conducted by leaders since their aim is to have excellent results from their employees. An effective leader is supposed to give immediate feedback of the review to the employees so as to guide them in their future tasks. In order to prepare for AAR it is prudent to have a number of documents. The first document is the project plan that was drafted before the project was initiated. The second important document is the one showing all the objectives of the tasks undertaken by the team      members. The third document is the one with the final results of the organization. With the three documents it is easy for the leaders to compare the initial plans and the actual results and come up with deviations.

After action review can be demonstrated when Paul Smith, a military personnel based in Orlando came up with new technologies that will be adopted by the military personnel in their future trining.According to the report that the Paul Smith gave Francis Harvey, the US secretary of Army in 2005 his review of the military training needed more sophisticated technology so as to make it more effective. Based on this the Army research department started to develop the new technologies under the leadership of Paul Smith (Larry, 2005).

Question Two
During incident management the role of the recorder is to store information that is retrieved from the public or from the victims. This information is vital since it is the one used by the Homeland security departments in their investigation and analysis. It is important for every branch, division and sector to have a recorder so as to enhance timely and effective communication system. In this way it will also improve the security systems based on the fact that one of the roles of the government is to provide security for its citizens by arresting criminals. The incident commander is the one responsible for controlling the information retrieved during an emergency. However depending with different forms of incidents public information officer can undertake the role of controlling the information.