Review of Command and Control Models and Theory
Abstract
This review examines command and control model and theory literature from 1975 to 1988. It identifies and discusses literature that discusses how command post staffs perform command and control functions and deliberately omits a fairly large body of literature that discusses tangentially related material. Reports that dealt with communications or seemed to address command or control as a vehicle to demonstrate the potential relevance of some existing engineering or operations research methodology are omitted. A total of 66 reports and documents are discussed. The literature has been classified into five basic types of models: (1)models that evolve from literature, such as Field Manuals (implementation in intent), (2)organization models that evolve from adaptations of organizational or management theorist's work, (3)behavioral system models that look at command and control in terms of human behavior, (4)systems-oriented models that emerge from the systems research perspective, and (5)some attempts to develop network based models by applying existing analytical techniques. Keywords: Command and control systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA230105
Entities
People
- Lloyd M. Crumley
- Mitchell B. Sherman
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences