Does military culture matter?

Murray, Williamson

doi:10.1016/s0030-4387(99)80055-6

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“…Over the last six decades, while the Indian military leadership was deeply engrossed in maintaining their status quo, finding post retirement employment and basking in false regimental spirits and loyalties (Singh, 2016), the issue of the stagnating military culture had gone largely unattended. The oversight and inability to nurture and evolve their culture did not only impact the performance and effectiveness of its foot soldier, but also the process of military innovation (Murray, 1999). While media, experts, veterans and the scholarship at large saw this as an act of gross negligence, the military leadership saw this as an act of protecting their culture from being corrupted by the very forces shaping the national culture.…”

Section: Stagnation In Military Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Is All Lost or A Lot Is Still Recoverable? A Case of 21st Century Indian Military Organizational Culture

2021

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The armed forces of a nation ought to be infallible organizations, scrupulous in action and deeds. They stand testimony to a nation's strength and solidarity. Non-military organizations strive hard to achieve military like austerity, discipline, work ethos and credos. Today, Indian Armed Forces in general and Indian Army in particular is an organization with troubled culture, much of which is attributable to its resistance to change and strong stereotypes. While the socio-economic and technological changes have swept the world, the Indian Armed Forces have not been to appreciate and accommodate the changes that have impacted the very fabric of the organization. The authors have attempted to study the organization culture at the Indian armed forces through the lens of Warrick's 2016 framework for high performance and low performance cultures. Adopting the mixed-method approach for data collection, the authors divided the study in two phases. In Phase I an in-depth systematic literature review was conducted and in phase II the authors conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews. The methodology was selected to be able to go into a lot of depth, and allow the participants to bring to fore the topics that the researchers had not even considered and to identify all empirical evidence to answer all the research question that were created using the Warrick's 2016 framework. Citing replete evidences, the authors propose that the armed forces present a case of stagnating culture. Is all lost or a lot is still recoverable? is the idea with which the authors explored the extant literature and garnered evidence from world class armies across the globe. Drawing from the experiences of world class armies, the authors present a well-researched way forward for the Indian armed forces. The study is original in its intent and execution and presents insightful recommendations for all levels of leaders in the Indian armed forces, policy makers, bureaucrats and diplomats.

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Section: Stagnation In Military Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Is All Lost or A Lot Is Still Recoverable? A Case of 21st Century Indian Military Organizational Culture

2021

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“…That is why military culture seems to be the basic construct to be explored in disclosing the potential relationship between culture and the defense sector. According to a useful definition military culture "represents the ethos and professional attributes, both in terms of experience and intellectual study, that contribute to a common core understanding of the nature of war within military organizations" (Murray, 1999). The aforementioned construct is intended to be differentiated not only at group, organizational and professional levels (Buckingham, 1999;Murray, 2003;Nuppenau, 1993), but also at national level, i.e.…”

Section: Exposing Cultural Reverberations In the Defense Businessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…German, American, Italian, Russian, etc. (Adamsky, 2010;Murray, 1999) and international (NATO) level (DeViney, Buckley, 2012). Military culture is widely accepted as an "overarching label for the military's personality, way of thinking, or values", but its etymological study, forms of expression and methods or techniques to change it still do not attract sufficient interest by researchers (Gerras, Wong, Allen, 2008).…”

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The Professed Culture of the Business Organizations in the Defense Industry in Bulgaria. What Does it Look Like? And do they Need it?

2020

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Purpose – This article aims to outline and analyze the role, structure and dominating content of professed organizational culture among the companies in the defense industry in Bulgaria as conscious and the official expression of their leadership intentions within the contemporary business environment, uniquely justifying the existence of each entity. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative study is conducted, based on a literature review of academic publications in the sphere of professed organizational culture. Furthermore, the websites of the target companies were carefully examined in order to outline the practical approach to presenting the unique official culture of defense business organizations. Findings – An elaborate set of cultural attributes to be found on the second level in Edgar Schein’s model of organizational culture is identified. Based on literature review, the intersection between official corporate culture expressions and defense sector is outlined. Important nuances in the development of Bulgarian defense, technological and industrial base are described, encompassing the transition period to market economy and democratic political system. A survey of professed culture attributes is conducted among the members of Bulgarian defense, technological and industrial base. It is concluded that these companies prefer disclosing their official cultures in a very succinct way to utilizing the potential power and impact of the most popular firm documents in this field as mission and vision or relying on small number of their simpler building elements. Recommendations to senior managers of the Bulgarian defense companies regarding smart and intensive use of official culture elements are given. Research limitations/implications – The financial data for the surveyed companies is not accessible. Originality/value – A snapshot of preferred professed culture attributes among the members of Bulgarian defense, technological and industrial base is composed, implying their leadership strategic intentions. The second level in Edgar Schein’s model of organizational culture is populated with a set of cultural attributes.

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“…To be effective in war, any military force needs to be imbued with an appropriate combat-focused military culture. 104 The second problem is that it fails to discuss a comprehensive theory of victory. Without a theory of victory there exists the real danger that the use of force lacks positive guidance.…”

Section: Us Nuclear Forcesmentioning

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The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review: A return to nuclear warfighting?

Lonsdale

2019

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The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) represents a significant shift in US nuclear weapons policy. Using Cold War vintage theory, this paper assesses whether the NPR signals a return to nuclear warfighting. The NPR is assessed against five primary drivers for warfighting strategy: enhanced deterrence; to deal with deterrence failure; to maximize damage limitation; to provide a theory of victory; adherence to Just War. The paper concludes that although the NPR represents a step in the direction of warfighting, it does not fully embrace it. This is primarily because the NPR fails to endorse an unrestrained theory of victory.

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Does military culture matter?

Cited by 54 publications

References 2 publications

Is All Lost or A Lot Is Still Recoverable? A Case of 21st Century Indian Military Organizational Culture

Is All Lost or A Lot Is Still Recoverable? A Case of 21st Century Indian Military Organizational Culture

The Professed Culture of the Business Organizations in the Defense Industry in Bulgaria. What Does it Look Like? And do they Need it?

The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review: A return to nuclear warfighting?

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