Designing collaboration: how to prepare SOF augmentation teams for assignment to a U.S. embassy country team

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dc.contributor.advisorRoberts, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Austin M.
dc.contributor.authorPusillo, Joshua A.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Steven A.
dc.contributor.departmentDefense Analysis (DA)
dc.contributor.secondreaderLober, George
dc.dateJune 2014
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T20:17:45Z
dc.date.available2014-08-13T20:17:45Z
dc.date.issued2014-06
dc.description.abstractThis project delivers an immediately implementable and replicable method for improving collaboration in this nation’s most complex interagency environment, the United States embassy (USEMB). This method allows multidisciplinary teams to create a self-organizing collaborative system in the country team to address difficult problems within the constraints of exiting manning, authorities, and appropriations. The modular and scalable methodology described in this project allows Special Operations Forces (SOF) teams working in embassies around the world to maximize their operational effectiveness by improving collaboration within the country team. The goal of this project is to move beyond policy debates regarding interagency collaboration and explain how SOF are capable of pioneering a responsive system to improve collaboration within the USEMB country team. Applying a design thinking methodology, we observed country team interactions and other interagency collaborative efforts to develop a concept for SOF augmentation teams to improve collaboration within the USEMB country team. We deliver guidelines and a methodology for SOF augmentation teams to facilitate the development of a collaborative country team capable of solving complex issues.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceLieutenant Commander, United States Navy;Major, United States Army;Major, United States Armyen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/designingcollabo1094542649
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/42649
dc.publisherMonterey, California: Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDefense Analysis (DA) Capstone Projects
dc.rightsThis 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.en_US
dc.subject.authorInteragencyen_US
dc.subject.authorCollaborationen_US
dc.subject.authorDesign Thinkingen_US
dc.subject.authorDesignen_US
dc.subject.authorSpecial Operationsen_US
dc.subject.authorSOFen_US
dc.subject.authorU.S. Embassyen_US
dc.subject.authorUSEMBen_US
dc.subject.authorCountry Teamen_US
dc.subject.authorProblem Solvingen_US
dc.subject.authorLessons Learneden_US
dc.titleDesigning collaboration: how to prepare SOF augmentation teams for assignment to a U.S. embassy country teamen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineDefense Analysisen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Science in Defense Analysisen_US
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