Dyson, Tom, Tull, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1884-6904 and van der Vorm, Martijn (2025) Battlefield knowledge and barracks reality: learning practices within the Netherlands Army. Journal of Strategic Studies. ISSN 0140-2390 (Print), 1743-937X (Online) (In Press)

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Abstract

Drawing on extensive original empirical research, this article examines the adoption of NATO's lessons-learned process within the Netherlands Army. It finds that existing accounts of military learning inadequately explain how practices shape formal learning processes and organisational learning in a military context. The case study reveals important, but hitherto neglected, routinised practitioner behaviours which enable and hinder the adoption, engagement with, and effectiveness of formal lessons-learned processes. These practices span three key dimensions: formal and informal relational dynamics, interweaving of diverse temporal orientations and structuring of the material, historical, social, and symbolic context.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ASIFU, lessons-learned processes, military learning, Netherlands Armed Forces, practices
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > L Education (General) U Military Science > U Military Science (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Greenwich Business School Greenwich Business School > School of Business, Operations and Strategy
Last Modified:	19 Jun 2025 10:00
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/50704

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