2010 Staff Organization for Optimum C2: A Private Sector Analysis
Abstract
Joint Vision 2010 (JV 2010) is designed around the premise that modern and emerging technologies, particularly information related advances, should make possible a new level of battlespace awareness. The power of information is not unique to the military. A key group of American corporations is taking advantage of information superiority in their businesses. Wal-Mart and Hewlett-Packard have made changes in their staff structures to deal more effectively with the challenges of increased information. The changes have led to reduced staff structures, decentralized execution, and improved control over business operations. Warfighting CINCs can benefit from the lessons learned in the private sector by adapting those lessons to future military staff organizations. Organizational adaptation is a must in order to provide optimum support to the JFC and achieve Full Spectrum Dominance. The proposed Staff 2010 model attempts to conceptualize what the JFC staff may look like in the future after applying some of the lessons learned from the private sector analysis. Through the use of a networked command and control system and a "matrix" staff structure, the model consolidates the JFC staff into two connected cells, the Command, Control, and Support Cell (formerly J-1, J-2, J-5, and J-6) and the Operations and Resources Cell (formerly J-3 and J-4). The goals of Staff 2010 are to consolidate functions, foster decentralized execution, and allow for centralized control when the operational commander deems it necessary. Once refined, Staff 2010 will better serve the needs of the JFC, ultimately leading to the Full Spectrum Dominance JV 2010 espouses.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 13, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA349127
Entities
People
- Kenneth E. Todorov
Organizations
- Naval War College