Military Command Decisionmaking Expertise.
Abstract
This report describes the development and validation of a theoretical framework for the investigation of tactical decisionmaking expertise. The theoretical framework was developed based upon interviews with U.S. Army command decisionmaking experts and a review of the literature on expertise. The primary means of validation was the conduct of a set of scenario-driven experiments using as subjects Army officers ranging in rank and experience from captain through General Officer. Three retired General Officers rated the level of expertise of 46 subjects independently based upon written products and videotapes. Nonmilitary researchers used the same set of products plus questionnaires to independently score a set of objective measures derived to test aspects of the theoretical framework. The three expert judges showed remarkable consistency in their independent ratings of the expertise level of the subjects. Many of the objective measures correlated with the experts' ratings. The objective measures did not, however, account for a significant enough portion of the variance to be, by themselves, reliable indicants of expertise. Suggestions for further research directions are presented in the conclusions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA306801
Entities
People
- Elleen B. Entin
- Elliot E. Entin
- James C. Deckert
- Jean Macmillan