Translating Model-Based Findings to an Operational Arena: Data Interpretations from Research Participant/Experts
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Authors
Hocevar, Susan P.
Kemple, William G.
Benson, Robert
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1998
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1998
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Abstract
The Adaptive Architectures for Command and Control (A2C2) research in 1997 examined the performance
of alternative organizational structures in a simulated joint operational environment. It also evaluated the
structural preferences of experimental teams representing Joint Task Forces. Teams were asked to choose
between three alternative organizational designs that varied in degree of similarity to the structure in which
teams had been previously trained, thus testing teams’ willingness to change. While a number of related
papers in this Proceedings examine both the results of teams’ decision choice and the simulated performance
of the alternative architectures, the purpose of this research is to capitalize on the military expertise of
research participants. This paper presents the analysis of twenty-two officers with operational backgrounds
who used models of organization theory to critique the experimentally derived structures. The contribution of
this component of the A2C2 research is to enlighten our understanding of the critical features defined by
operationally experience military officers as they considered structural adaptability and performance
effectiveness in a joint mission context. This perspective is important to enhancing the generalizability of the
laboratory-based A2C2 research to an actual joint operating environment.
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Conference Paper
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Proceedings for the 1998 Command
and Control Research and Technology Symposium
Command and Control for the Next Millenium
June 29-July1, 1998
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California
Track 1 Architectures
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Systems Management
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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15 p.
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