June 2013
Intermediate to advanced
1264 pages
60h 30m
English
CHAPTER 20 |
Military Organizations |
KURT LANG |
Modern military establishments qualify as complex organizations irrespective of size. This becomes evident when one considers the diversity of skills and specialties currently represented in the armed forces and the variety of tasks they may be called on to perform. As a consequence, military organizations share many of the problems of other organizations of comparable complexity. Discussion of military organizations as a distinct category, however, is justified on the grounds that both the tasks of the armed forces and the use of violent means create features unique to the military establishment.
The management of military affairs is generally in the hands of the military profession, a ...
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