Environmental Design

Abstract

Emphasis within planning needs to shift away from reductionism and towards a holistic understanding of the operational environment. This paper addresses the challenges with contemporary doctrinal operational planning and advocates a methodology that focuses on understanding the operat1onal environment as the basis for future planning. Failure to change current doctrinal operational planning constructs will ensure that we win not win.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 13, 2015
Accession Number
ADA621667

Entities

People

  • Christopher D. Gardiner

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Center Of Gravity
  • Cold War
  • Employment
  • Environment
  • Geographic Regions
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • International Relations
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Planning
  • Students
  • Systems Analysis
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design