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Time to react : the efficiency of international organizations in crisis response
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ISBN: 9780199337118 019933711X Year: 2014 Publisher: New York Oxford University Press, USA

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"In conflict-affected regions, delays in international response can have life or death consequences. The speed with which international organizations react to crises affects the prospects for communities to re-establish peace. Why then do some international organizations take longer than others to answer calls for intervention? To answer this question and explore options for reform, this book builds on contemporary scholarship by providing an original database on response rates and interview evidence from 50 ambassadors across four leading organizations (AU, EU, OAS and OSCE). The explanation for variation in speed ultimately lies in core differences in institutional cultures across organizations. Although wealth and capabilities can strengthen a peace operation, it is the unspoken rules and social networks at organizations' peace and security committees that dictate the pace with which an operation is established. This book offers a first analysis of the timeliness of international organizations in crisis response"-- "In conflict-affected regions, delays in international response can have life or death consequences. The speed with which international organizations react to crises affects the prospects for communities to re-establish peace. Why then do some international organizations take longer than others to answer calls for intervention? To answer this question and explore options for reform, Time to React builds on contemporary scholarship with original data on response rates and interview evidence from 50 ambassadors across four leading organizations (AU, EU, OAS and OSCE). The explanation for variation in speed ultimately lies in core differences in institutional cultures across organizations. Although wealth and capabilities can strengthen a peace operation, it is the unspoken rules and social networks of peace and security committees at these organizations that dictate the pace with which an operation is established. This book offers a first analysis of the critical importance of and conditions shaping timeliness of crisis response by international organizations"--


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NATO's Lessons in Crisis : Institutional Memory in International Organizations
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ISBN: 9780190672188 Year: 2018 Publisher: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press,

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How and why do international organizations develop institutional memory from strategic errors ? As the author shows, formal learning processes, ironically, can deter elite officials from sharing their knowledge within the organizations at which they work. Elites have few professional incentives to report failures. Consequently, most memory-building occurs behind the scenes via informal processes, including transnational interpersonal networks. The author rests her argument through extensive, original field research inside one of the world's largest crisis management organizations - the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). She conducted interviews and a survey experiment with 120 NATO elites, including almost all NATO ambassadors and military representatives, all assistant secretary generals, and other civilian and military leaders engaged in crisis management decision-making and planning. The author's findings provide insights into NATO's institutional memory of three cases of crisis management in Afghanistan, Libya, and Ukraine. She argues that formal learning processes alone are insufficient for organizational learning, and she offers recommendations for how international organizations can preserve memory and learn from it, particularly in times of crisis.


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Time to react : the efficiency of international organizations in crisis response
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ISBN: 0190655909 0199337128 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press,

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Given dire consequences of delays in crisis response, this book explains why some international organizations take longer than others to answer calls for intervention. It builds on interviews with AU, EU, OAS and OSCE decision-makers to reveal the institutional sources of efficiency.


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NATO's lessons in crisis : institutional memory in international organizations
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ISBN: 0190672218 0190672196 019067220X Year: 2018 Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press,

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How do international organizations develop institutional memory from their failures? As this text argues, the learning infrastructure in these organizations often disincentivizes error reporting - prompting elites to informally share knowledge via networks. Drawing on interviews and an experiment with 120 NATO elite officials, this book reveals the importance of institutional design in making or breaking a learning organization.

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