1st Edition

Operating Under High-Risk Conditions in Temporary Organizations A Sociotechnical Systems Perspective

By Matthijs Moorkamp Copyright 2019
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

Organizations increasingly use temporary designs. Many temporary organizations are assembled by "mixing and matching" building blocks from static, bureaucratic, parent organizations into a temporary configuration. At the same time, such "mixed and matched" temporary organizations often operate under difficult and dangerous circumstances. During operations, these temporary organizations can... Read more

List of abbreviations



Preface





Chapter One: Introduction





Chapter Two: A review of three frequently used theories





Chapter Three: Temporary organization design and its implications for operations with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Afghanistan





Chapter Four: The influence of temporary organization design on the operations of Task Force Uruzgan





Chapter Five: Iraq and MH17, were operations in Afghanistan unique?





Chapter Six: Constructing a theory on temporary organizational design and controllability in dynamically complex conditions





Chapter Seven: Discussion and reflection





Appendix One: Organizational layout of the Royal Netherlands Army until reorganization in 2012





Appendix Two: List of references to the MH17 evaluation report





Index

Biography

Matthijs Moorkamp is Assistant Professor in Organizational Design and Development at the Institute for Management Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was previously affiliated with the Netherlands Defense Academy, Delft University of Technology and the University of Twente.