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By the 1970s, it was clear to the western world that the days of mass armies, based on broad conscription, were over. In Israel, however, despite the presence of some elements similar to those which elsewhere were leading to military contraction and a transition to all-volunteer forces, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) broadened its conscription model and embarked on massive growth. The effects of this surprising strategy are evident to this day, with Israel remaining almost the only conscription-based army in the West. Analysis of the organizational discourse and processes within the IDF in the wake of the Yom Kippur War reveals that social legitimacy is not only a prerequisite for organizational growth and boosting of enlistment but also, simultaneously, a product of the process. The organizational mechanisms used by the IDF to achieve social consent are relevant for an understanding of the processes of militarism and military buildup in our times, too.
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167147
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This article describes the origins of socio-management research in Israel, as reflected in the work of Louis Guttman. In a booklet produced during the War of Independence, he developed a model for leadership training in the young army, the transition from an underground militia to a regular army, diversity management in an age of mass immigration, and motivation of individuals in a collectivist society. The circumstances leading to the integration in Israel's Defence Forces (IDF) of a worldwide expert like Guttman, offer a unique opportunity to study a case where socio-management knowledge is embedded in military organisational practices from the outset.
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