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Command Concepts: A Theory Derived From The Practice Of Command and Control
Product Description The qualities of commanders and their ideas are more important to a general theory of command and control than are the technical and architectural qualities of their computers and communications systems. This theory separates the art of command and contr Publisher Description The qualities of commanders and their ideas are more important to ageneral theory of command and control than are the technical andarchitectural qualities of their computers and communications systems.This theory separates the art of command and control (C2)from the hardware and software systems that support C2. It centerson the idea of a command concept, a commander's vision of a militaryoperation that informs the making of command decisions duringthat operation. The theory suggests that the essential communicationsup and down the chain of command can (and should) belimited to disseminating, verifying, or modifying command concepts.The theory also suggests, as an extreme case, that an ideal commandconcept is one that is so prescient, sound, and fully conveyed to subordinates that it would allow the commander to leave the battlefieldbefore the battle commences, with no adverse effect upon the outcome.This report advances a theory about military command and control.Then, through six historical case studies of modern battles, it exploresthe implications of the theory both for the professional developmentof commanders and for the design and evaluation of commandand control architectures. The report should be of interest tomembers of the Joint Staff and of the services involved in developingcommand and control doctrine for the U.S. military, and to all thoseinterested in the "military art and science" of command and control.This research was performed under the project "Warfare in theInformation Age," within the Acquisition and Technology PolicyCenter of RAND's National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the unified commands, andthe defense agencies.
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