Military Organizations, Complex Machines : : Modernization in the U.S. Armed Services / / Chris C. Demchak.
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 techno...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1991 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Role of Complexity
- 2. The Power of the Phenomenon
- 3. The Lure of the New Technologies
- 4. The Army as an Organization
- 5. Assumptions Driving Managerial Responses
- 6. User Responses to Complexity
- 7. Surprise, Complexity, and Battle
- 8. The Costs of Complexity
- Bibliography
- Index