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Yes.
Allied with this point is number 13 on our menu - planning/organisation. The general should know how to effectively use his subordinates*. More importantly, he should also understand their ambitions and failings, especially with regard to their relationships to brother officers. There is no point, for example, in entrusting B to an endeavour if in so doing it will cause resentment with C.
Learning loads from this thread and its parent!
* (I hate the term 'human resources' and am trying to avoid it)