The Command or Control Dilemma. When Technology and Organizational Orientation Collide (Maxwell Paper, Number 8)

Abstract

In this well-researched and insightful study, Lt Col Gregory A. Roman examines the relationships between military organizational hierarchies and the impact of battlespace information. Drawing on a sophisticated range of studies and data and using numerous illustrations, the author contends that the outmoded effects of traditionally centralized (and technologically proliferating) command and control orientations preclude the US military (and particularly the Air Force) from effectively applying and acting upon the benefits of information-age technologies in an age of information warfare. The author sees future warfare characterized by faster decision making, faster operational tempos, and a torrent of tactical battlefield information. These new realities necessitate greater decentralization of control, more flexible information gathering, and creative, nontraditional military organizational arrangements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA418465

Entities

People

  • Gregory A. Roman

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Civil War
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Information Systems
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Organizations
  • Navy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Second World War
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control