Systems Analyses of Real Events Practical Exercise User's Guide

Abstract

Sociocultural systems thinking (SCST) is instrumental to Army leaders fulfilling the Army's mission in different parts of the world. SCST involves navigating the operational environments culture and interactions with its individuals in order to understand how various elements are interrelated to form a coherent whole. Furthermore, SCST is a capability that is honed through training. As part of a larger research effort to improve Army leaders' SCST, the U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) developed the Systems Analyses of Real Events (SARE) Practical Exercise. SARE is discussion-based and designed to be implemented by a facilitator in groups of varying sizes. SARE uses real world events, both operational and non-operational, to cover various sociocultural systems (SCS) concepts, such as co-adaptive cycles, historical factors, multiple players/perspectives, and second- and third-order effects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1084027

Entities

People

  • Ava Santos
  • Emily N. Polander
  • Julio C. Mateo
  • Lisare B. Babin
  • Michael J. Mccloskey

Organizations

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Bulgaria
  • Cognition
  • Commerce
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Criminals
  • Environment
  • Human Trafficking
  • International Law
  • Labor Markets
  • Law
  • Military Research
  • Networks
  • North Korea
  • Political Systems
  • Sexual Assault
  • Social Media
  • Social Sciences
  • Systems Analysis
  • Thinking
  • United States
  • Waste Management

Readers

  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design