Learning in a military organization

Learning In A Military Organization Tyrone Bingham MSM 620 Bellevue University

Interview for the Learning Organization Interviewed my Director of Air and Space Operations, Colonel Van Wimmer He been in the Air Force for 27 years and has flown the F-16 for 25 years Equivlant to Upper-Level management in a civilian organization Broken down into divisions Mission is to monitor and protect the skies of America and parts of Canada

Overview: Learning as a Military and Government organization The difference in learning in military/civilian organizations Past learning in our organization Present learning Future learning Goals for learning

Can the Military be a Learning Organization? Tactics during wartime Political changes Economic changes Social-Culture Technology Strategically

Difference in military and civilian learning organizations Civilian organization must continuously learn to stay ahead of the competition. Military organizations must continuously learn to stay ahead of the enemy The common ground is both must learn in order to survive.

Past Learning In the past 13 years our organization had to learn around Sept. 11 Had to learn how to defend against an enemy on domestic soil Learned to put process in place if there is another attempt Learned to work with other DOD agencies to create one line of defense

Future Learning In addition to a Homeland Security Mission, we also respond to natural disasters The organization must be flexible and learn from each disaster in order to better respond to future disasters All are unique and present different challenges for the response teams It is becoming more difficult to prepare the nation for the unique disasters

Future Learning Continued

Present Learning Learning to cope with budgets that are getting smaller We have less resources and less people to provide the same national and domestic support “We must continue to do more with less” Must learn the use of technology, chat rooms and secure VTC, and unmanned area vehicles as means to fight wars Learning to combat more cyber threats

Goals for Learning The Thing that will bring this organization and other military organizations to it’s death is cyber threats Without technology we will not be able to survive, but it is our biggest threat Once our systems are hacked, it becomes a matter of national security We must learn to be vigilant and stay ahead of those that want to bring down the government using cyber threats

Summary Learning as a Military and Government organization The difference in learning in military/civilian organizations Past learning in our organization Present learning Future learning Goals for learning

References Wimmer, C. V. (2014, February 25). Director. (T. Bingham, Interviewer) Marquardt, M. J. (2011). Building the Learning Organization Achieving Strategic Advantage through a Commitment to learning, 3rd Addition. Boston, MA: Nicholas Brealey.