The Yin-Yang Military: Ambidextrous Perspectives on Change in Military Organizations (1st ed. 2021)

Synopsis

This book examines change processes and the challenge of ambidexterity in military organizations. It discusses how military organizations can better adapt to the complex, and at times chaotic, environments they operate in by developing organizational ambidexterity. The authors identify various multiple tasks and functions of military organizations that require multi-dimensional and often contradictory operational, technological, cultural, and social skills. In analogy to the often-opposed functions performed by the right and left hand of the body, modern military organizations are no longer one-dimensional fighting machines, but characterized by a duality of tasks, such as fighting and peacekeeping which often make part and parcel of one and the same mission. The military is both a “hot” and a “cold” organization (a crisis management organization and a bureaucracy). As such, the book argues that these dualities are not necessarily opposed but can serve as complementary forces, like the yin and yang, to better the overall performance of these organizations. As a consequence, ambidextrous organizations excel at complex tasking and are adaptable to new challenges. Divided into four parts: 1) structures and networks; 2) cultural issues; 3) tasks and roles; 4) nations and allies, it appeals to scholars of military studies and organization studies as well as professionals working for governmental or military organizations.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783030524333

Related ISBNs:

9783030524326

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

11/09/20

Copyrighted By:

Springer

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Politics and Government, Sociology

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Jacqueline Heeren-Bogers

Edited by:

René Moelker

Edited by:

Esmeralda Kleinreesink

Edited by:

Jan Van der Meulen

Edited by:

Joseph Soeters

Edited by:

Robert Beeres