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Introduction
TePolishArmedForcesfacechallengesposedbytheever-changingnatureof
thetraditionalthreatscombinedwiththenewthreat-dynamics,althoughthese
threatsseemeddistantonlytenyearsago.Inordertofacethechallenge,the
InstituteofOperationalArtsandTactics(IoOA&T)initiatedthemodification
processoftheeducationapproachforseniorofcersaspartoftheirAdvanced
OperationalandStrategicCourse.Inadditiontoteachingtheclassical
(systemic)wayofthinking,westarteddevelopingamoreflexible,innovative,
andcriticalapproachtotheoperationalart.Tus,theWarStudiesUniversity
hasjoinedtheglobalfellowshipofmilitaryacademiccentreswhichwerethe
firsttoundertakeresearchandeducationaleńortsinthedesignapproach.
Tedesignapproachisquitecontroversialanddińersfromtheclassicalor
systemicapproach,whichhasbeentheestablishedindustrialandmechanistic
decision-makingmodelsindoctrinesformanyyears.Tepioneeringproject
waslaunchedbytheInstitutein2016.Teoperationallevelofcersmustbe
opentocreativethinking,gobeyondtherigidplanningprocedurescontained
intheregulationsanddoctrines.
Designtheoristsandpractitionersengageinexperiments.Teyinnovate
andtransformdoctrinalapproachesbyreflexivelearninginacomplexand
dynamicconflictsituation.Tedesign-approachbasedsolutionsanalysis
presentedfromvariousacademiccentresindicatesapparentmethodological
dińerences.Someofthemdrawonacombinationofcomplexitytheory,
postmodernarchitecture,andtheeasternmilitaryart.Othershave
experimentedbyemployingsociology,organisationtheory,andvarious
paradigmswhichdefinemutualsocietyrelationsaswellasorganisedviolence
whichescapesscientificparameters.Someothermodifyexistinghuman-
centreddesignmethodsandtrytoadaptciviliandesignconceptsformilitary
purposes.Further,someofthecentresadapttheirowndesignmethodologyfor
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