The Information Mission Area: An Overview

Abstract

In May 1984 then Army Chief of Staff General John A. Wickham announced the formation of the Information Mission Area (IMA). This decision pulled together the disciplines of telecommunications, automation (to include office automation), visual information, records management, and publications/ printing under a single management structure. The process of complying with the Chief's directive has gone relatively well despite some confusion and resistance. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the IMA, place it in a basic theoretical context, and discuss its basic problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 1988
Accession Number
ADA195008

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Ness Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Instructions
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Realignment
  • Personnel Management
  • Records Management
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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