Application of a Method for Determining Information Requirements in a Field Army

Abstract

A survey was devised from analysis of staff journal entries made during field training and command post exercises. The survey listed 61 common information items, with subdivisions indicating level of information detail desired. Subjects checked which items, in how much detail, were most important to them in the field. Responding were 86 experienced staff officers, from four staff elements--G2 (Intelligence), G3 (Operations), FSCE (Fire Support Coordination Element), and CBRE (Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Element)--and from two separate Corps, from Infantry and Armored divisions, and from three echelons of command (Army, Corps, and Division). The officers' subjective judgments were converted to scores which permitted each officer's response to receive equal weight even though the number of information items considered crucial by each officer varied from person to person.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0767262

Entities

People

  • Douglas J. Mace
  • James D. Baker
  • James M. Mckendry
  • Reese C. Wilson

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Demography
  • Field Army
  • Fire Support
  • Infantry
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Military Research
  • Social Sciences
  • Surveys
  • Tactical Data Systems
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Library and Information Science
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.