Organizational Learning in Terrorist Organizations: An Evaluation Through Understanding of Organizational Culture

Terrorism is seen as one of the most serious security problems of the period experienced. Organizational emphasis is very important among many concepts that are considered within the framework of the definition of terrorism. Terrorist groups tend to form a systematic organizational structure and act in this context in order to survive, achieve their political goals and carry out their actions. Today, it is possible to state that terrorist organizations seek to function like other institutional and organized structures. Accordingly, organizational culture and learning understanding are of special importance for those illegal groups. While terrorist organizations are gradually becoming constantly learning assets, organizational culture is shaped in the context of learning processes. Organizational culture and learning processes are the main factors that determine the identity and behavior of the organization. In this study, first, a conceptual framework on organizational culture, organizational learning and terrorist organizations will be included. Thus, the key points of the study will be presented to the reader. Then, the organizational learning processes experienced by terrorist organizations and cultural development in this context will be discussed with various examples. In this section, it will be tried to examine how terrorist groups experience learning processes as an organization, what methods they use and how the organizational culture is adopted by the members. In the conclusion, an assessment will be made on the learning behavior of terrorist organizations and the need to analyze learning processes in the fight against terrorism will be emphasized. It is thought that the study will contribute to the field in the context of revealing the transformation experienced by terrorist organizations with increasing impact dimensions in the context of learning processes.

Keywords

Terrorist Organization, Organizational Culture, Organizational Learning, Terrorism