Journal of Defense Management
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Crisis Management and Operations of Military Doctrine

Li Gilad^{* *}Correspondence: Li Gilad, Department of Defense Management, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Jamia Nagar, Okhla, New Delhi, India, Email:

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Description

Crisis management is the process of identifying risks to an organisation and its stakeholders as well as the solutions the company employs to manage these risks. Because to the unpredictable nature of world events, organisations must be able to deal with the possibility of significant changes in the way they conduct business. Also, choices must be made quickly when it comes to crisis management. Each company, no matter how big or little, may experience issues that have a detrimental impact on how things usually get done. Crisis situations like a fire, the death of a CEO, a terrorist attack, data loss, or a natural disaster can cost a company both tangible costs and intangible costs in the form of lost revenue, clients, and a drop in net profits.

Most organisations begin by completing a risk analysis on their activities in order to create a business continuity plan in the wake of a crisis. This is how enterprises that put in place a contingency plan in the case of an unexpected begin. Doctrine connects theory, history, experimentation, and practise. Its objective is to encourage initiative and creative thinking. Doctrine is the name for the authoritative set of statements made by the military about how its soldiers conduct operations. Additionally, it provides military planners and leaders with a common language.

Operations of military doctrine

Risk analysis is the process of identifying potential negative occurrences and their likelihood of happening. Doing simulations and using random variables will allow a risk manager to determine how likely a risk is. The crisis management team develops a plan to contain any emergency if it materialises using risk models, such as scenario tables, when the risk manager determines what they are dealing with in terms of potential risks and repercussions. A company that faces a risk of flooding, for instance, might establish a backup solution for all computer systems. In this approach, the company will also have a record of its data and operational procedures. Crisis can either be brought on by oneself or by other forces.

Natural disasters, security flaws, and incorrect information that damages a company's brand are a few examples of external influences that could have an impact on an organization's operations. Doctrines are occasionally used as an independent variable in studies on innovation in the military, either as a source of innovation or as a barrier to it. According to Stephen Rosen, centrally dispersed theories sped up the rate at which lower echelons might innovate because there was a standard practise to vary from. Deobrah Avant asserts that cultural prejudices had an impact on how new formal notions were accepted and applied. Both Raphael Marcus and Matt Matthews claimed that new ideas face the risk of being rejected if they lack cultural coherence or legitimacy.

Prior research has demonstrated that new formal doctrines can influence the behaviour of armed units, but only in specific situations. Previous studies that focused on how doctrines are formed rather than how they are applied have an underlying assumption that new conceptions are automatically adopted after being defined. As a result, theories regarding the causes of new doctrines' propensity for adoption have only been anecdotally presented. This study fills a research vacuum because, to my knowledge, no theories have been created for the situations in which new formal doctrines are likely to be implemented.

Conclusion

Doctrine is an instruction manual for action; it suggests particular conductive courses but does not impose them. Air force doctrine specifies and directs the appropriate use of airpower in military operations in order to achieve the objectives of the Joint Force Commander (JFC). As a result of our experience, it is what we currently understand. The Air Force develops and disseminates its doctrine as a shared frame of reference for how to best prepare and deploy Air Force units as a part of a combined force. As a result, doctrine has an impact on how the Air Force creates, instructs, equips, and maintains its forces.