Inspect What You Expect: Measuring Success in the Cognitive Information Related Capabilities

Abstract

Current Department of Defense (DoD) and Marine Corps doctrine fails to tie performance to effectiveness when assessing operations by information related capabilities (IRCs) in the cognitive dimension. Without tying organizational performance to measures of effectiveness commanders, staffs, and IRC practitioners cannot evaluate the impact of information operations. Civilian industry has experience proving the business case for communication efforts to change knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. These best practices should be into incorporated into the doctrine for public affairs (PA), military information support operations (MISO), information operations (IO), and civil-military operations (CMO).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 24, 2017
Accession Number
AD1176462

Entities

People

  • Brian T. Block

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Cognition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Experimental Design
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Judgment
  • Knowledge Management
  • Marine Corps
  • Measurement
  • Military Information Support Operations
  • Military Operations
  • Operations Research
  • Public Relations
  • Social Media
  • Social Networking Services
  • Social Sciences
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Strategic Communications
  • Task Forces
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.