Applying Knowledge Management Theory to Army Doctrine Development: Case Study of a Web-Based Community of Practice

Abstract

This study addresses the question of whether knowledge management is an appropriate strategy for revising the Army doctrine development process in the contemporary operational environment (COE). The author applies knowledge management theory to the proposed web-based Army Field Manual (FM) 7-1, "Battle Focused Training," and then to the Army's overall doctrine development process. The results show that knowledge management provides only a partial solution to the problems of consistency and timeliness in the doctrine development process, and that knowledge management cannot solve the problem of validating and testing doctrine. He concludes that only if the doctrine development process is revised in accordance with the principles of knowledge management and Chris Argyris' theory of double-loop learning will the problems of validation, consistency, and timeliness of doctrine development be solved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 14, 2007
Accession Number
ADA475596

Entities

People

  • Gregory D. Robertson

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Case Studies
  • Community Of Practice
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Knowledge Management
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Applications
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organization Theory
  • Students
  • Training
  • Training Management

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Theoretical Analysis.