The transformational leadership concept differentiates between instrumental motivation and normative commitment. The high motivation levels, the relative freedom given to junior officers, and the esprit de corps in infantry units in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have made the concept of...

This case study, of an intervention in a region of the Israeli water supply company, demonstrates that the application of well known management techniques such as MBO, performance appraisal and bonus schemes, affect not only the technical but also the cultural and political subsystems of the...

The history of a management development programme in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) is presented. The programme was developed in response to two problems which handicapped internal consultants in the IDF, their low power position and the inappropriateness of organisation development as a...