ABSTRACT
This chapter explains hypotheses on ways in which self-organization and the emergence of safety within expeditionary organizations is influenced by structural organizational design. It describes the units studied experienced influences of Task Force Uruzgan (TFU) interaction network on safety similar to the influence experienced by 107 Aerial Systems Battery. The chapter focuses on more detail on influences of the military parent organizations in the Netherlands. It aims to highlight that the rather problematic relationship between organizational design and the emergence of safety within TFU is intertwined with design issues at the level of the military organization as a whole. In terms of De Sitter such innovation within TFU can be defined as local product innovation because, while enacting the Uruzgan environment, TFU’s units were constantly reinventing the way they could best tackle operational issues by changing configurations of units. The chapter describes research design, data collection and data analysis of the case study.
