Use of a Novel Organizational Structure to Support Complex Decisionmaking During Global Wargame 2000
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Hutchins, Susan G.
Kemple, William G.
Poirier, John A.
Hocevar, Susan P.
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2001-06
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Global Wargame 2000 addressed the theme of Network Centric Operations
(NCO) with the objective of providing insight into future operations for a
distributed, network-centric Joint Force. Network-centric operations are postulated
to offer information advantages that include significantly improved capabilities
for accessing and sharing information. These improved capabilities will be dependent
on emergent technologies, new processes, and novel ways of organizing to
enable operators to leverage the anticipated information advantage and reap the
full benefits afforded by a distributed, networked organization. New variables and
metrics to assess these benefits are currently under development. One variable,
described as the “information domain” is influenced by several factors, including
the performance of operators, the performance of sensors, and the characteristics
and performance of the relevant information infrastructure, or infostructure, that
links battlespace entities. Global Wargame 2000 was an attempt to gain insight
into how to implement these new organizational forms and processes, with the
information infrastructure provided by a networked set of well-informed but
geographically dispersed forces. This paper will address some of the issues that
contributed to developing an effective infostructure for an interoperable command
and control organization during global Wargame 2000.
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This work was supported by both the Office of Naval Research, Cognitive, Neural and Biomolecular S&T Division and the Naval Postgraduate School, Institute for Joint Warfare Analysis (IJWA).
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