A quantum metric of organizational performance: Terrorism and counterterrorism

Authors:
W. F. Lawless;Margo Bergman;J. Louçã;Nicole N. Kriegel;Nick Feltovich
Affiliations:
Paine College, Augusta, USA 30901-3182;, Houston, USA;ISCTE cacifo 296, Lisboa, Portugal 1649-026;Augusta State University, Augusta, USA 30904;Department of Economics, University of Houston, Houston, USA 77204-5019
Venue:
Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Political terrorism and insurgency have become the primary means of global war among states. Lacking comparable military and political means to compete directly with Western civilization, many failed states and tribes have honed the art of asymmetric warfare. But traditional models of organizations do not work under normal or these extreme circumstances, precluding realistic models of terrorism and a fruitful search among alternatives for potential solutions. In contrast to traditional models, we have made substantial progress with a quantum model of organizations, which we further develop in this study with the introduction of a case study of a normal organization in the process of being restructured. We apply preliminary results from our model to terrorist organizations and counter terrorism.