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100	1		_aDYSON Tom
700			_aPASHCHUK Yuriy
245			_aOrganisational learning during the Donbas War: _bthe development of Ukrainian Armed Forces lessons-learned processes/ _cTom Dyson & Yuriy Pashchuk
260			_c2022
520			_aThis article examines the development and performance of formal organisational learning processes in the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) during the Donbas War (2014-present). Through original empirical research conducted with UAF personnel and documentary analysis, the article develops understanding about the detail of UAF lessons-learned processes and their effectiveness in helping to recalibrate UAF activities to operational demands. The article finds that the performance of UAF lessons-learned processes during the Donbas War has, on the whole, been poor. Since the escalation of Russian aggression in 2014, some positive steps which have been taken to implement best-practices in UAF lessons-learned processes. However, the article uncovers a number of organisational activities, structures and processes which could be improved to weaken the negative impact of bureaucratic politics and organisational culture on learning. It concludes with recommendations for the further development of UAF lessons-learned processes. The article highlights the particular importance of improving the capacity of the civilian leadership to exert effective oversight of military learning and of US and NATO support for these efforts.
650			_aABSORPTIVE CAPACITY
650			_aDONBAS WAR
650			_aLESSONS-LEARNED PROCESSES
650			_aMILITARY ADAPTATION _xMILITARY LEARNING
650			_aUKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES
773			_aDefence Studies: _gVol 22, No. 2, June 2022, pp. 141-167 (105)
598			_aMILITARY, UKRAINE, USA, NATO
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14702436.2022.2037427 _zClick here for full text
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