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military organization  

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  • The term military organization (MO) refers to an organizational system that is typically (though not exclusively) instituted and directed by a state, intended for the management of the force in opposition to external enemies. With regard to the means, the military organization, like every other organization, employs tangible resources (financing, infrastructure, technology, and physical assets such as arms, and so on) and intangible resources (people and organizational cultures). [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Military Organization]

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