Leveraging Social Networking Technologies: An Analysis of the Knowledge Flows Facilitated by Social Media and the Potential Improvements in Situational Awareness, Readiness, and Productivity

Abstract

The efficient transfer of explicit and tacit knowledge within an organization can yield a distinct competitive advantage in both military and private sector operations. An organization that can adapt faster and operates more efficiently has a winning advantage over its adversary or competition. The research establishes the foundation for knowledge and social dynamics, provides vignettes of knowledge flow facilitated social media, and as a result develops a knowledge facilitation social media framework. The framework is applied to a Type 1 case study involving a Marine Corps combat unit, Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), in order to determine how social media might be leveraged to produce improvements in readiness, productivity, and situational awareness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA531471

Entities

People

  • William G. Polania

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Case Studies
  • Community Of Practice
  • Employment
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Knowledge Management
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Situational Awareness
  • Social Media
  • Social Networking Services
  • Social Networks
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).