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Title Command and control : the sociotechnical perspective / by Guy Walker [and others]
Published Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 198 pages) : illustrations
Series Human factors in defence
Human factors in defence.
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; 1 Introduction; 2 Reconsidering the Network in NEC; 3 Some Effects of Certain Communications Patterns on Group Performance; 4 Complexity and Human Factors; 5 Dimensions of Live-NEC; 6 The Human in Complex Dynamic Systems; 7 Beyond NEC; 8 The Design of Everyday Networked Interoperable Things; 9 Conclusions; References and Bibliography; Index
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Command and control systems -- Effect of technology on
Command and control systems -- Technological innovations
Command and control systems -- Evaluation
Communications, Military.
Technology -- Social aspects.
HISTORY -- Military -- Biological & Chemical Warfare.
Command and control systems -- Evaluation
Command and control systems -- Technological innovations
Communications, Military
Technology -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Walker, Guy.
ISBN 9780754691914
0754691918
0754672654
9780754672654
9781315572765
1315572761