Organizing Doubt: Grounded Theory, Army Units and Dealing with Dynamic ComplexityCopenhagen Business School Press DK, 2007 - 276 pages Military organisations operate in complex environments and difficult circumstances. During deployment, armies are confronted with dangers, cunning enemies, unexpected changes, and a general level of uncertainty. The obvious implication is that armies need to be able to deal with complexity, or dynamic complexity as it will be labelled in this book. This study develops an analytical framework that is composed of different ingredients of formal theory. Central to this framework is the idea that the ability to 'doubt' is of crucial importance for organisations that are confronted with dynamic complexity. From this it follows that organisations need to organise their ability to doubt in such environments. The framework is used to analyse the way military units of the Dutch Armed Forces, when deployed to perform peace operations, dealt with dynamic complexity. Subsequently, it is analysed how specific organisational characteristics of the mother organisation in the Netherlands influenced the ability of the deployed units to organise doubt. |
Table des matières
Methodological considerations | 36 |
PART II | 55 |
The concept of dynamic complexity and the organizing | 69 |
A model of dealing with dynamic complexity | 77 |
Normative aspect of the organizing model | 89 |
57 | 90 |
61 | 98 |
68 | 104 |
SFOR | 171 |
74 | 177 |
Dutchbat | 186 |
PART V | 201 |
The Army doctrine and dealing with dynamic complexity | 209 |
The influence of the organizational structure | 219 |
The influence of leadership structures | 233 |
PART V | 245 |
PART III | 107 |
Leadership and the internal structure of argumentation | 130 |
PART IV | 147 |
The Logistic and Transport Battalion | 161 |
6689 | 165 |
Appendix I | 255 |
Appendix III | 261 |
271 | |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
ability Amelsvoort analytical framework argue arguers argumentative process Army Auftragstaktik autonomy basis battalion Billig central chapter characteristics claim confronted considered convoys crisis operations crisis organization critical crucial dealing with dynamic debate decision-making defined deployed described develop discussed doctrine double-loop learning Dutchbat dynamic complexity emphasized everyday example existing experiences formulated function Furthermore grounded theory Habermass holographic principles hypotheses implies important influence insight interpreted issue KFOR Koninklijke Landmacht Kuipers leaders Logtbat meaningful action means mother organization nature NIOD normative element operational level operational units organizational context organizational structure organizational studies organizational system organizing argumentation organizing doubt orientated particular patrols peace operations perform platoon principle relevant role self-organizing units SFOR situation soldiers specific spirit of contradiction substantive theory systems theory team-commander theoretical thinking tion topic total institution UNPROFOR Vlist Vogelaar Weick Weick's model Weick's organizing model