The Israeli Defense Forces: An Organizational Prospective

Abstract

The author traces the organizational growth and change within the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) over its 40-year history. A model is offered which depicts a military organization as an open system embedded within a changing environment. Selected inputs to this organizational system are shown to affect organizational structure and, in turn, the combat capabilities of the force. The author uses the five major Arab-Israeli wars as critical junctures in examining the IDF's organizational history. The IDF is shown to have a willingness and ability to adapt to changing environmental factors. This capacity is determined to be a major reason for the IDF's long military dominance in the region. The author concludes with an analysis of the IDF's unique organizational adaptability. Keywords: Israel, Israeli, Military forces(Foreign), Effectiveness, Foreign government, Theses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA226248

Entities

People

  • Matthew J. Green

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Power
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Climate Change
  • Employment
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Organizations
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Self Propelled Guns
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Strategic Security Studies