Do military institutions also learn?
A literature review on organizational approaches to defense management
Keywords:
Defense management, Organizational change, Organizational learning, Armed forces, Civil-military relatAbstract
This article aims to present a bibliographic review to align the field of civil-military relations with the analytical and prognostic content of theories about organizational change and learning applicable to military organizations. By addressing the axes of academic production and their respective potentials and limitations, this article seeks to synthesize the analysis tools that illuminate the various aspects of organizational change within the military field, unveiling some existing preconceptions regarding this possibility for the Brazilian case.
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