Organisational Learning and the Modern Army : A New Model for Lessons-Learned Processes (Hardcover)

Introduction: Lessons-learned processes as the transmission belt from adaptation to innovation 1. A model of best-practice in military learning 2. Theorising military learning Case study one: The evolution and performance of British Army lessons-learned 3. The development of the institutional architecture of British Army lessons learned: A tale of two potential absorptive capacities 4. The performance of British Army lessons-learned: Tactical-level success and operational-level failure 5. The British Army’s knowledge transformation capability: The struggle to establish a culture of experimentation and creativity Case study two: The evolution and performance of German Army lessons-learned 6. The performance of German Army Lessons Learned: Limited adaptation, innovation and emulation at the tactical and operational level 7. The impediments to knowledge transformation in the German Army Conclusions