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Author | : Eric Victor Larson |
Publisher | : Rand Corporation |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0833046918 |
Documents a study whose goals were to develop an understanding of commanders' information requirements for cultural and other "soft" factors in order to improve the effectiveness of combined arms operations, and to develop practical ways for commanders to integrate information and influence operations activities into combined arms planning/assessment in order to increase the usefulness to ground commanders of such operations.
Author | : James P. Kahan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Command and control systems |
ISBN | : 9780833009739 |
Based on observations of Army group, corps, and division command posts in action over 12 different exercises and on interviews with a variety of military experts (including doctrine writers and former commanders), this report discusses the information needs of commanders of higher-echelon Army units. The authors attempted to determine the reasons commanders and staff communicated information and to clarify the intended uses of that information. They identified three different modes of command-post-level communication -- pipeline, alarm, and tree. Each mode is indicative of a different communication relationship between a commander and his staff, and each places different demands on the command-and-control operating system. To fulfill commanders' information needs, the authors recommend a number of education and training measures: 1) institutionalize back-briefing; 2) teach process as well as procedures; and 3) train unit command staffs to share images. As for the design of information systems, they recommend that the Army: 1) identify means of more direct image sharing; 2) build a hybrid information system, and 3) establish an end-user to end-user communications orientation. Keywords: Information transfer; Military commanders; Army operations; Command and control systems. (EDC).
Author | : Eric V. Larson |
Publisher | : Rand Corporation |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2009-11-11 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0833049364 |
Documents a study whose goals were to develop an understanding of commanders' information requirements for cultural and other "soft" factors in order to improve the effectiveness of combined arms operations, and to develop practical ways for commanders to integrate information and influence operations activities into combined arms planning/assessment in order to increase the usefulness to ground commanders of such operations.
Author | : Eric Victor Larson |
Publisher | : RAND Corporation |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780833044044 |
The authors aim to assist the U.S. Army in understanding "influence operations," capabilities that may allow the United States to effectively influence the attitudes and behavior of particular foreign audiences while minimizing or avoiding combat. The book identifies approaches, methodologies, and tools that may be useful in planning, executing, and assessing influence operations.
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
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A commonly held belief within the Army is that commanders of higher-echelon units (Echelons Above Brigade, or EAB) often fail to obtain the information that they need. The problem is viewed as a function not so much of unavailable information as of getting the right information in the right form to the right place at the right time, to be used in the right way. In recent years, the Army has sponsored or conducted a variety of studies of varying methodological quality, all aimed at addressing the higher-echelon command-and-control problem These studies, most of which resulted in lists of commanders' information needs, have conceptual and methodological flaws that severely limit their usefulness. More important, we maintain that these studies have missed the main point of the problem. Commanders' information needs are rarely specific pieces of data but are instead highly variable and human-intensive elements. Therefore, any assessment of those needs must describe command-post information processing in a manner that captures the interactions between the commander and his staff in producing, transforming, and consuming information. Such a requirement implies, in turn, that information needs be examined from the dual perspective of information science and social psychology.
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Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1989 |
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ISBN | : 9780833072603 |
Author | : James P. Kahan |
Publisher | : Rand Corporation |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Command and control systems |
ISBN | : 9780833028594 |
This report discusses the information needs of commanders of higher-echelon Army units. The authors identified three different modes of command-post-level communication--pipeline, alarm, and tree. Each mode is indicative of a different communication relationship between a commander and his staff, and each places a different demand on the command-and-control operating system. To fulfill commanders' information needs, the authors recommend a number of education and training measures: institutionalize back briefing, teach process as well as procedures, and train unit command staffs to share images. As for the design of information systems, they recommend that the Army identify means of more direct image sharing, build a hybrid information system, and establish an end-user to end-user communications orientation.
Author | : Rand Corporation |
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Total Pages | : 100 |
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Author | : Nathan K. Finney |
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Release | : 2016-03 |
Genre | : Command of troops |
ISBN | : 9781940804248 |
Author | : Eric Victor Larson |
Publisher | : RAND Corporation |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780833047915 |
The authors aim to assist the U.S. Army in understanding OC influence operations, OCO capabilities that may allow the United States to effectively influence the attitudes and behavior of particular foreign audiences while minimizing or avoiding combat. The book identifies approaches, methodologies, and tools that may be useful in planning, executing, and assessing influence operations