
Aptitude for Destruction, Volume 2 : Case Studies of Organizational Learning in Five Terrorist Groups.
Title:
Aptitude for Destruction, Volume 2 : Case Studies of Organizational Learning in Five Terrorist Groups.
Author:
Jackson, Brian A.
ISBN:
9780833040770
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (215 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Preface -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Chapter One - Introduction -- The Need to Both Describe and Explain Learning -- About This Study -- About This Report -- References -- Part I: Case Studies - Prologue -- Chapter Two - Aum Shinrikyo -- Introduction -- Background -- Operations and Tactics -- Training -- Logistics -- Intelligence and Operational Security -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter Three - Hizballah, the Party of God -- Introduction -- Background -- Operations and Tactics -- Training -- Logistics -- Intelligence and Operational Security -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter Four - Jemaah Islamiyah -- Introduction -- Background -- Operations and Tactics -- Training -- Logistics -- Intelligence and Operational Security -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter Five - Provisional Irish Republican Army -- Introduction -- Background -- Operations and Tactics -- Training -- Logistics -- Intelligence and Operational Security -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter Six - The Radical Environmentalist Movement -- Introduction -- Background -- Operations and Tactics -- Training -- Intelligence and Operational Security -- Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Theory and Application - Prologue -- Chapter Seven - Theory: Organizational LEarning as a Four-Component Process -- Acquisition -- Interpretation -- Distribution -- Storage -- References -- Chapter Eight - Application: The four COmponents of Organizational Learning in the Case Study Groups -- Acquisition -- Interpretation -- Distribution -- Storage -- Chapter Nine - Concluding Observations.
Abstract:
Case studies of the organizational learning activities of five major terrorist groups and a methodology for ascertaining what and why they learned.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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