Understanding the organizational decision process at the theater Commander-in-Chief level of command

Authors
Swain, Gregory H.
Subjects
C2
C3
C31
CINC
Command and Control
Comander-In-Chief
Decision Making
Decision Making Process
Organizational Decision-Making Process
Theater Level CINC
Advisors
Jones, Carl R.
Date of Issue
1990-03
Date
March 1990
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
This thesis focuses on understanding the organizational decision- making process that occurs at the theater Commander-in-Chief (CINC) level of command during times of conflict or war. This thesis is descriptive in nature and concerns the process used to make decisions: it makes no attempt to judge the appropriateness of the process or the quality of the decisions. Using a video record of a seminar-format war game as a data source, the author viewed a theater CINC level decision-making group, coded the decision, and recorded observations. Subsequent analysis resulted in the generation of hypotheses and conclusions. The author concludes that organizational decision making at the theater CINC level uses a combination of decision processes, with the process depicted by the Carnegie model being the most prevalent. The decision-making group places an emphasis upon goal consensus, and their state of technical knowledge is dependent upon the stability of the external environment.
Type
Thesis
Description
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10945/34863
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Department
Command, Control and Communications (C3) Academic Group
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
ix, 114 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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