Orders of C2 Agility and Implications for Information and Decision-Making

Abstract

In a paper at the 17th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS), different forms of Command and Control (C2) agility were related to different forms of time. In this paper, we broaden this idea to consider orders of agility. An immediate consequence is the clarification of the interplay between continuity and change, as seen in all manifestations of agility and, in particular, in discussions of resilience. Orders of agility also invite the re-examination of conceptions of value in informing decision-making, leading to the exposition of a hierarchical model of nested decision-making and decision-taking. Further, if we take a purposive definition of information, being that which is required to enable decision-making, then different types of information, and indeed different definitions of information, can also be related to this hierarchical scheme. Thus, a model of orders of agility provides a unifying scheme for ostensibly diverse and incompatible interpretations of decision-making and information. It also gives greater confidence that different conceptions of value and assessment measures can be organized systematically, rather than being subverted by being mapped onto inappropriate solution-driven preferences. Thus, orders of agility become a useful source of rigour in the design of C2 experiments, the formulation and exercise of simulations, and the assessment of C2 capability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA587016

Entities

People

  • Geoff Markham
  • Lorraine Dodd

Organizations

  • Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Continuity
  • Education
  • Identification
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Probability
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Recognition
  • Resilience
  • Situational Awareness
  • Supply Chain Management
  • United Kingdom

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

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