Creating Structures for Network-Centric Warfare: Perspectives from Organization Theory
Abstract
Combat organizations are increasingly faced with the challenge to adapt to new and diverse
engagements. The pace of change is being accelerated by advances in information technology.
This article offers perspectives from organization theory that can serve as design principles for
enabling combat organizations to adopt flexible structures to cope with changes in the external
environment. The specific design principles articulated are technology-enabled virtual
organizations, organizational “semi-structures”, and anticipating the future by launching probes.
We discuss the implications of these principles for military organizations.
Description
1999 Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (CCRTS), June 29 - July 1, 1999, U.S. Naval War College, Rhode Island
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