OPEN SOURCE DOCTRINE DEVELOPMENT: A Novel Approach to Military Learning

Abstract

Open Source is a novel form of human organization that exhibits a unique ability to learn. Traditional militaries are unable to achieve this rapid organizational learning. Open Source organizations routinely learn two orders of magnitude faster than any hierarchical bureaucracy. This learning advantage is structural, immune to leadership or other individual factors. Doctrine development is organizational learning in a military context. Both traditional and Open Source doctrine development methods are explored through organizational learning theory in order to demonstrate the structural nature of the advantage. An Open Source organizational model for doctrine development is currently feasible and is proposed.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 20, 2016
Accession Number
AD1176232

Entities

People

  • Robert Ramsey

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Internet
  • Law
  • Military Doctrine
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Motivation
  • National Politics
  • Operating Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personality
  • Personality Disorders
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Web Browsers

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.