Knowledge management and potentially useful new hyper-didactic structures

This paper considers the management of knowledge creating processes in an Army. Content is largely generic and may be applied to most military organisations. The paper considers knowledge management issues, concentrating on human resources. The paper assumes that although individual officers and soldiers tend to develop new knowledge, an Army as an entity plays a critical role in articulating and amplifying that knowledge. Theoretical constructs and models are related to knowledge management in armies using processes that enable individual knowledge to be enlarged, amplified, and justified within an Army. The paper suggests some strategies for improvement and new structures are introduced. The hypertext organisation and middle-up-down command and management could provide effective knowledge creation at some times and in some situations and these are combined and extended to create a new military hyperdidactic structure.