The Most Appropriate National Level Organization Structure and Command and Control System for U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
The establishment of CBP on March 1, 2003 created the world's largest law enforcement agency encompassing several large, complex and diverse organizations from three separate departments of the United States Government. Since its formation, CBP's national level headquarters has lacked an applicable organizational structure and an effective command and control (C2) system with its field offices to effectively and efficiently accomplish its mission of securing our Nation's borders and facilitating legitimate trade and travel. This paper examines CBP's current national level organizational and C2 problems and identifies its appropriate organizational design and C2 system. In order to determine the appropriate design and C2 system, a qualitative study was conducted using a narrative approach assisted by documentation review and content analysis of official United States Army manuals, Joint Publications, and existing reference material and websites pertaining to organizational structure and organizational theory. By reorganizing its national level headquarters using a multi-divisional structure and adopting a "centralized command and de-centralized execution" C2 system, CBP will have greater efficacy and achieve a greater unity of effort among its components.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 08, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA563279
Entities
People
- Thomas Pocorobba Jr.
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College