Understanding Command and Control

Understanding Command and Control is the first in a new series of CCRP Publications that will explore the future of Command and Control (C2). This book begins at the beginning: focusing on the problem(s) Command and Control was designed (and has evolved) to solve. It is only by changing the focus fr...

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Main Authors: Alberts, David S, Hayes, Richard E
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
C2 APPROACH
C2 PROCESS VIEWS
C2 VALUE CHAINS
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
Command, Control and Communications Systems
CONCEPTUAL REFERENCE MODELS
COOPERATION
DECISION MAKING
DISCONTINUITIES
INFORMATION WARFARE
INTEROPERABILITY
JOINT MILITARY ACTIVITIES
MILITARY COMMANDERS
Military Forces and Organizations
MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
MILITARY PERSONNEL
MILITARY TRANSFORMATION
NATO
NCW(NETWORK CENTRIC WARFARE)
NETWORK CENTRIC WARFARE
PARADIGM SHIFTS
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
THEORY
TRANSFORMATIONS
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Summary:Understanding Command and Control is the first in a new series of CCRP Publications that will explore the future of Command and Control (C2). This book begins at the beginning: focusing on the problem(s) Command and Control was designed (and has evolved) to solve. It is only by changing the focus from what Command and Control is to why Command and Control is that the U.S. military will place itself in a position to move on. Although transformation, which is inarguably about disruptive innovation, is a major policy objective of not only the DoD, but militaries throughout the world, these commitments to transformation have yet to shift the focus of Command and Control analysis and experimentation to the other side of the discontinuity. This series is meant to stimulate and contribute to the exploration of the other side. The purpose of the book is to provide the conceptual foundation for the C2 research and experimentation necessary to develop and explore the new C2 approaches needed for this transformation. In developing and presenting this foundation, the authors are unwaveringly focused on the future, not the past. While the foundation presented can be used to understand traditional approaches to C2, its value lies in its ability to help the military understand new network-centric approaches. The intended audience is very broad because, without a broad-based understanding of C2, progress is problematical. At the same time, the authors also are addressing issues crucial to the C2 community, from practitioners to theoreticians.