Third Wave Military Acquisition. Organizational and Management Considerations for a Complex System.

Abstract

Within the broad context of DOD acquisition reform, this paper evaluates a variety of organizational and management alternatives in light of the underlying principle of a Third Wave civilization - information exploitation. It first demonstrates that organizational structure depends upon a unique combination of system and organization characteristics. After highlighting the basics of complexity theory, the paper relates the key tenets of self organization within complexity theory to current management initiatives - teaming, process orientation, system thinking, and strategic planning. It concludes by recommending organizational and management guidance based on the principles of complexity theory and proposes several initiatives that can excite and accelerate reform within the DOD acquisition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 16, 1995
Accession Number
ADA296412

Entities

People

  • Daniel C. Mccorry Jr

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Adaptive Systems
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Complex Adaptive Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Information Transfer
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Systems Management
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.