Unit Information Management Practices at the Joint Readiness Training Center

The present investigation sought to quantify unit information management (IM) practices at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and to determine the extent to which a job performance aid, the IM Guide, might improve unit IM performance. IM practices were measured by observer/controllers using...

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Main Authors: Evans, Kenneth L, Reese, Richard P, Weldon, Louis
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
BATTALION LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS
COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS
COMPANY LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS
CORPORATE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
DATA MANAGEMENT
FBCB2 SYSTEM
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
INFORMATION EXCHANGE
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Information Science
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
JOB PERFORMANCE AIDS
JRTC(JOINT READINESS TRAINING CENTER)
Military Forces and Organizations
PE622785
PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS
PLANNING
PLATOON LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS
Radio Communications
REQUIREMENTS
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Summary:The present investigation sought to quantify unit information management (IM) practices at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and to determine the extent to which a job performance aid, the IM Guide, might improve unit IM performance. IM practices were measured by observer/controllers using the IM Checklist, a tool developed especially for the investigation. Over the course of seven unit rotations at JRTC, 758 checklists were collected and analyzed. The IM Guide was found to be of benefit to companies, but not to either battalions or platoons. Overall, units were able to address specified information requirements fairly well, though they had much greater difficulty answering implied requirements. In terms of information quality, units were better at providing accurate and reliable information than they were at providing complete and precise information. Units that included IM in their planning process and units that rehearsed their communication plans were more likely to have IM that enhanced mission accomplishment than units that did not do those two things.