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Military Organizations, Complex Machines: Modernization in the U.S. Armed Services (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
Chris C. Demchak
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Hardcover. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: JWK; JWT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235. Weight in Grams: 599.
Chris Demchak explores the reasons why military machines surprise their users and how they can change both the complexity and effectiveness of tactical organizations. She uses the Army's experiences with its M1 Abrams tank, as well as other examples, to explain the interaction of complex technology and militaries that seek to control uncertainty. Under some conditions, Demchak demonstrates, complexity in critical machines induces increased complexity in the organizations that use them, and can produce an army different from the one that was intended. Drawing on organization theory and her data, she argues that understanding this interaction will heavily influence whether ... Read more
Chris Demchak explores the reasons why military machines surprise their users and how they can change both the complexity and effectiveness of tactical organizations. She uses the Army's experiences with its M1 Abrams tank, as well as other examples, to explain the interaction of complex technology and militaries that seek to control uncertainty. Under some conditions, Demchak demonstrates, complexity in critical machines induces increased complexity in the organizations that use them, and can produce an army different from the one that was intended. Drawing on organization theory and her data, she argues that understanding this interaction will heavily influence whether ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Series
Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801424687
SKU
V9780801424687
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