Understanding and Designing Military Organizations for a Complex Dynamic Environment

Abstract

The intent of this paper is to apply two distinct theoretical frameworks from organizational science in an analysis of organizational design as it relates to the Department of Defense (DoD). The first perspective of organizational design will be from a traditional, more rational, mechanistic approach and the second will be from complexity theory. The two theories will be used to describe the external environment and how it relates to DoD organizations, current DoD organizational structures, and transformational concepts related to organizational design. The context of this paper is based on the concept of global environmental conditions changing due to a transition from the Industrial Age to the Information Age and will be the foundation for demonstrating transformation necessity within the DoD.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 2008
Accession Number
ADA479710

Entities

People

  • Christopher E. Hicks

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Systems
  • Climate Change
  • Command And Control
  • Complex Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Hierarchies
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Network Architecture
  • Organizational Structure
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Systems Analysis and Design