Leveraging Technology: Using the Practical Essence of Operational Art to Translate Information into Decisions.

Abstract

There exists a belief among many that we are in the midst of a "Revolution in Military Affairs" that promises the elimination of fog, friction and uncertainty by using new technologies to collect near perfect, real-time information that will allow the commander to make decisions based on his ability to predict the shape of the future battlefield. This paper argues that the operational decision making process must be modified in order to take advantage of quantum leaps in information availability afforded by advances in technology and that operational art is the fulcrum for leveraging that technology. It asserts that the practical essence of modern operational art is the management of time, resources, and risks in a dynamic environment to orchestrate temporally and spatially distributed operations into one coherent whole.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 16, 1995
Accession Number
ADA297748

Entities

People

  • William D. Valentine Jr

Organizations

  • Naval War College

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  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing