Organizing Doubt Grounded Theory, Army units and Dealing with Dynamic Complexity |
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| Author:
| Kramer, Eric-Hans |
| Series title: | Advances in Organization Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-87-630-0197-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2007 |
| Publisher: | Copenhagen Business School Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $54.00 |
Book Description:
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Military organizations 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 labeled in this book.~This study develops an analytical framework that is composed of different ingredients of formal theory. Central to this framework is the...
More DescriptionMilitary organizations 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 labeled 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 organizations that are confronted with dynamic complexity. From this it follows that organizations need to organize their ability to doubt in such environments. The framework is used to analyze the way military units of the Dutch Armed Forces, when deployed to perform peace operations, dealt with dynamic complexity. Subsequently, it is analyzed how specific organizational characteristics of the mother organization in the Netherlands influenced the ability of the deployed units to organize doubt.