An Introduction To Command And Control

Author : Michael M. Sweeney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-06-01
Category : Command and control systems
ISBN : 1423508211

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An Introduction to Command and Control by Michael M. Sweeney Pdf

Command and control activities have long been recognized as a vital part of military operations. From shouted battlefield commands to today's information-age warfare, it is those who have mastered the techniques and applications of command and control who have most often prevailed. As critical as it is to our success, it is a topic that is controversial, often poorly understood, and subject to wildly different interpretations. This thesis examines the command and control process, consisting of people, information, and structure, and the interaction between the function of command and the systems that facilitate the process. It is intended to serve as a roadmap for the study of this topic from a foundational standpoint by first exploring the doctrinal definitions used throughout DoD and developing a sense of what command and control is, and equally important, what it is not. It then focuses on the components of the process and the dynamic relationships that exist between them. Finally, it considers our future, as outlined by such visions as JV2020 and Network-Centric Warfare, in hopes of identifying and understanding those things that will challenge us in developing an effective process. Command and control influences every facet of warfare. In preparing for a future that calls for increased use of technology and systems, it is critical that we understand the process in order to remain an effective force.

Author : IFSTA.
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0134874013

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Command and Control by IFSTA. Pdf

By Robert Murgallis This book details the basic processes that apply to all incidents as well as some of the specific procedures necessary to make effective decisions at certain common occupancies. It covers incident scene decision-making in depth, presenting the two current and successful methodologies for making emergency decisions. The authors explain the basic ICS elements in an easy-to-understand method and introduce the concepts of Unified Command, Complex Command, Area Command, and Incident Management Teams. This text adds to information given in Command and Control as well as introducing new materials and new occupancy types.

Author : Robert Murgallis,Burton W. Phelps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Command and control at fires
ISBN : 0879394552

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Command and Control by Robert Murgallis,Burton W. Phelps Pdf

Author : Carol McCann,Ross Pigeau
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461542292

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The Human in Command by Carol McCann,Ross Pigeau Pdf

This book brings together experienced military leaders and researchers in the human sciences to offer current operational experience and scientific thought on the issue of military command, with the intention of raising awareness of the uniquely human aspects of military command. It includes chapters on the personal experiences of senior commanders, new concepts and treatises on command theory, and empirical findings from experimental studies in the field.

Author : D. J. Morris
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781483155197

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Communication for Command and Control Systems by D. J. Morris Pdf

Communication for Command and Control Systems provides a thorough exposition of the basic theoretical and practical features involved in the design of communication networks for command and control systems. This book focuses primarily on the practical side of computer-controlled communication. This text concentrates on the communication sides of the subject by surveying the means of transferring data between the various processing points and by appraising their potential advantages and possible defects in implementation. In this respect, this book should prove useful for the practicing engineer engaged in command and control system design in civil, military, and administrative spheres. Accompanying materials such as charts and illustrations are also provided as useful reference. For the system designers, this text is a unique reference; this book also presents comparison tables that can be of practical assistance in the selection of the blocks for specific operations.

Author : Eric Schlosser
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101638668

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Command and Control by Eric Schlosser Pdf

The Oscar-shortlisted documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric Schlosser's book and continues to explore the little-known history of the management and safety concerns of America's nuclear aresenal. “Deeply reported, deeply frightening . . . a techno-thriller of the first order.” —Los Angeles Times “A devastatingly lucid and detailed new history of nuclear weapons in the U.S. . . . fascinating.” —Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine A myth-shattering exposé of America’s nuclear weapons Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America’s nuclear arsenal. A groundbreaking account of accidents, near misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs, Command and Control explores the dilemma that has existed since the dawn of the nuclear age: How do you deploy weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them? That question has never been resolved—and Schlosser reveals how the combination of human fallibility and technological complexity still poses a grave risk to mankind. While the harms of global warming increasingly dominate the news, the equally dangerous yet more immediate threat of nuclear weapons has been largely forgotten. Written with the vibrancy of a first-rate thriller, Command and Control interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a nuclear missile silo in rural Arkansas with a historical narrative that spans more than fifty years. It depicts the urgent effort by American scientists, policy makers, and military officers to ensure that nuclear weapons can’t be stolen, sabotaged, used without permission, or detonated inadvertently. Schlosser also looks at the Cold War from a new perspective, offering history from the ground up, telling the stories of bomber pilots, missile commanders, maintenance crews, and other ordinary servicemen who risked their lives to avert a nuclear holocaust. At the heart of the book lies the struggle, amid the rolling hills and small farms of Damascus, Arkansas, to prevent the explosion of a ballistic missile carrying the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States. Drawing on recently declassified documents and interviews with people who designed and routinely handled nuclear weapons, Command and Control takes readers into a terrifying but fascinating world that, until now, has been largely hidden from view. Through the details of a single accident, Schlosser illustrates how an unlikely event can become unavoidable, how small risks can have terrible consequences, and how the most brilliant minds in the nation can only provide us with an illusion of control. Audacious, gripping, and unforgettable, Command and Control is a tour de force of investigative journalism, an eye-opening look at the dangers of America’s nuclear age.

Author : David Eric Pearson
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428990869

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The World Wide Military Command and Control System evolution and effectiveness by David Eric Pearson Pdf

Perhaps the best single way to summarize it is to view the book as a bureaucratic or organizational history. What the author does is to take three distinct historical themes-organization, technology, and ideology and examine how each contributed to the development of WWMCCS and its ability (and frequent inability) to satisfy the demands of national leadership. Whereas earlier works were primarily descriptive, cataloguing the command and control assets then in place or under development, The book offers more analysis by focusing on the issue of how and why WWMCCS developed the way it did. While at first glance less provocative, this approach is potentially more useful for defense decision makers dealing with complex human and technological systems in the post-cold-war era. It also makes for a better story and, I trust, a more interesting read. By necessity, this work is selective. The elements of WWMCCS are so numerous, and the parameters of the system potentially so expansive, that a full treatment is impossible within the compass of a single volume. Indeed, a full treatment of even a single WWMCCS asset or subsystem-the Defense Satellite Communications System, Extremely Low Frequency Communications, the National Military Command System, to name but a few-could itself constitute a substantial work. In its broadest conceptualization, WWMCCS is the world, and my approach has been to deal with the head of the octopus rather than its myriad tentacles.

Author : Richard Adams,Christine Owen,Cameron Scott,David Phillip Parsons
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351781022

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Beyond Command and Control by Richard Adams,Christine Owen,Cameron Scott,David Phillip Parsons Pdf

This book will advance the understanding of leadership beyond the inherited myths and modalities of command and control. Leadership is separated from ideas and institutional seniority and explained as the collaborative power of one with others. Enabling the intelligent co-participation of all people, the constructive effect of this approach to leadership is in the engagement of people. This is significant when task accomplishment depends not on managerial direction, but on the interaction of people with each other, with technical systems, and with complex regulations which are often across jurisdictional boundaries. Examples and case studies are included.

Author : David Stephen Alberts,Richard E. Hayes
Publisher : Ccrp Publication Series
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Command and control systems
ISBN : 1893723178

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Understanding Command and Control by David Stephen Alberts,Richard E. Hayes Pdf

"Understanding Command and Control is the first in a new series of CCRP Publications that will explore the future of Command and Control ... This book begins at the beginning: focusing on the problem(s) Command and Control was designed (and has evolved) to solve. It is only by changing the focus from what Command and Control is to why Command and Control is that we will place ourselves in a position to move on"--Preface.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788108259

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Command and Control for War and Peace by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carl Kenneth Allard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Command and control systems
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070613653

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Command, Control, and the Common Defense by Carl Kenneth Allard Pdf

Author : Salma Shaheen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429790799

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Nuclear Command and Control Norms by Salma Shaheen Pdf

This book offers a new analytical framework for studying nuclear command and control (C2), based on a comparative study of four nuclear weapons states (NWS). The subject of nuclear operations management has long been shrouded in secrecy, and whilst the importance of nuclear C2 cannot be disputed, there are few academic studies into how and why states develop these systems. This volume includes a comparative study of the development of nuclear C2 by four different NWS (Britain, China, India, and Pakistan) and demonstrates that, despite several differences, there is a central set of factors that remain constant. The analytical framework used in this study identifies key factors that can potentially shape the evolution and stability of nuclear C2. These factors include geostrategic (threat) environment, international norms, leadership, and control of nuclear operations (civil-military control). The book also analyses the interaction among different stakeholders within the nuclear C2 enterprise. It recognises that politicians, the military and scientists all have key but different roles to play, and the way these stakeholders have learned to co-exist with each other is explored. This volume offers a set of dynamics that could form a global norm for nuclear C2, serving as a standard for new entrants into the nuclear club. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, global governance, and International Relations in general.

Author : A. M. Willcox,M. G. Slade,P. A. Ramsdale
Publisher : Potomac Books
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015011009324

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Command, Control & Communications (C3) by A. M. Willcox,M. G. Slade,P. A. Ramsdale Pdf

Author : Guy H Walker,Neville A. Stanton,Daniel P. Jenkins
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317164050

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Command and Control: The Sociotechnical Perspective by Guy H Walker,Neville A. Stanton,Daniel P. Jenkins Pdf

Military command and control is not merely evolving, it is co-evolving. Technology is creating new opportunities for different types of command and control, and new types of command and control are creating new aspirations for technology. The question is how to manage this process, how to achieve a jointly optimised blend of socio and technical and create the kind of agility and self-synchronisation that modern forms of command and control promise. The answer put forward in this book is to re-visit sociotechnical systems theory. In doing so, the problems of 21st century command and control can be approached from an alternative, multi-disciplinary and above all human-centred perspective. Human factors (HF) is also co-evolving. The traditional conception of the field is to serve as a conduit for knowledge between engineering and psychology yet 21st century command and control presents an altogether different challenge. Viewing military command and control through the lens of sociotechnical theory forces us to confront difficult questions about the non-linear nature of people and technology: technology is changing, from platform centric to network centric; the interaction with that technology is changing, from prescribed to exploratory; and complexity is increasing, from behaviour that is linear to that which is emergent. The various chapters look at this transition and draw out ways in which sociotechnical systems theory can help to understand it. The sociotechnical perspective reveals itself as part of a conceptual toolkit through which military command and control can be transitioned, from notions of bureaucratic, hierarchical ways of operating to the devolved, agile, self-synchronising behaviour promised by modern forms of command and control like Network Enabled Capability (NEC). Sociotechnical system theory brings with it a sixty year legacy of practical application and this real-world grounding in business process re-engineering underlies the entire book. An attempt has been made to bring a set of sometimes abstract (but no less useful) principles down to the level of easy examples, design principles, evaluation criteria and actionable models. All of these are based on an extensive review of the current state of the art, new sociotechnical/NEC studies conducted by the authors, and insights derived from field studies of real-life command and control. Time and again, what emerges is a realisation that the most agile, self-synchronising component of all in command and control settings is the human.

Author : David Joseph Morris
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UCAL:B4171661

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Introduction to Communication Command and Control Systems by David Joseph Morris Pdf