The art of scaling : organising swift adaptation to cope with crises and war / edited by Huib Zijderveld, Floribert Baudet, Annelies van Vark, Rene´ Moelker, Edwin Dado, Ronald Vuijk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zijderveld, Huib, editor.

Baudet, Floribert, 1971- editor.

Vark, Annelies van, editor.

Moelker, R. (Rene´), 1960- editor.

Dado, Edwin, editor.

Vuijk, Ronald, editor.

Series:

NL ARMS ; 2025

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Netherlands. Koninklijke Landmacht--Operational readiness.

Netherlands.

Military art and science--Netherlands.

Military art and science.

Military planning--Netherlands.

Military planning.

Netherlands--Military policy.

Netherlands--Defenses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2025]

Summary:

Increased existential threats demand that Western Democracies and their armed forces can swiftly scale up, rapidly expanding their capabilities to deter potential adversaries and defend borders effectively. The principle of scaling also applies to crisis response systems in general; the larger the disaster scope, the more crucial scalability becomes to alleviate suffering. From a multidisciplinary viewpoint, this book introduces fresh insights into the concept of scaling by examining scalability within security contexts.This book is structured in three parts. The first part, explores historical perspectives, demonstrating that scaling is deeply rooted in military policy, strategy and practices. The second part, “Organising Scalability,” highlights innovative methods and empirical examples of scaling. The final part, “Enabling Scalability,” outlines essential resources and popular support to implement scalability.The conclusion presents a new definition and structured process model of scalability. It emphasizes that establishing and organising scalable organizations is complex but feasible. However, it poses a critical question: is our social fabric robust enough to support scaling and are we prepared to defend our core values if war and crises come?

Contents:

Introduction

pt.1. Historical perspectives. ch.1. Military reforms and upscaling: the case of the Dutch State Army and Navy 1585-1621 ; ch.2. “If fate should strike us with a new occupation…”. Dutch defence preparations, 1946–1949 ; ch.3. The Cold War ‘life jacket’ : the scalable armed forces of the Netherlands – a historical perspective

pt.2. Organising scalability. ch.4. Strategic defence production: resource scaling from an organizational network perspective ; ch.5. Scaling in unpredictable strategic environments : Reflecting on strategic flexibility from an emergent innovation perspective ; ch.6. Scalable defence infrastructure : Leveraging industrial, flexible and demountable construction and Legolisation for operational flexibility within the Dutch defence organisation ; ch.7. The challenge of scaling innovation in the Netherlands armed forces : Integrating technological artifacts in multilayered sociotechnical systems ; ch.8. Readiness through scalability : Structuring the military for large scale combat operations ; ch.9. Scalable preparedness: Healthcare initiatives for resilient wartime response ; ch.10. The role of mission command in scaling up the armed forces

pt.3. Enabling scalability. ch.11. Creating support for conscription: the dilemma of scaling up human resources ; ch.12. Promising strategies for building societal resilience against hybrid warfare ; ch.13. Exploring grassroots knowledge production : towards internal crowdsourcing for military intelligence ; ch.14. Wisdom of crowds : an exploratory case-study on crowdsourcing as a method for intelligence gathering within the Dutch Defence Intelligence and Security Service ; ch.15. Scaling military education in wartime ; ch.16. Scalability of NATO armed forces from a financial-economic perspective : a preliminary descriptive account ; ch.17. Growing gains? Financial scalability of the Dutch defence industry by private equity ; ch.18. Export controls : a scalable set of instruments to counter threats to national and global security in a changing world

Discussion and conclusions.

ISBN:

9789400605138

9400605137

9789400605398

9400605390

OCLC:

1527088681