Modeling organizational configuration and decision processes for information warfare analysis
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) 
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION WARFARE
Description: For an organization to survive it must be able to adapt to its environment. A military organization operates in an      environment that is constantly changing. The ability to model organizational configurations and organizational      decision processes can assist the commander in adapting to the environment and understanding how a military      organization is susceptible to Information Warfare (1W) attacks. First a commander must understand the      concepts of Information Warfare, Command and Control and the concept of organizational decision processes      and how these permit an organization to adapt to its environment. Then the commander must determine what      level of detail is necessary to model the organizational decision processes for its environment. Next the      commander must analyze his model for configuration and decision processes. Using such commercially available      software as Organizational Consultant and vDT the commander can identify any organizational misfits to the      environment and the 1W attack susceptibilities of the organizational decision processes. In the end, this approach      demonstrates that it is feasible to model organizational configuration and organizational decision processes in an      Information Warfare environment.
Notes: Thesis advisors, Carl R. Jones, Nancy Roberts.

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Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125)

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