Seeing the other side of the hill: the art of battle command, decisionmaking, uncertainty, and the information superiority complex / Demetrios J Nicholson
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Military Review Vol 85 No 6, November-December 2005, pp.57-64 (81)Summary: Argues that battle command - the ability of a military commander to assess and assimilate information and make decisions - will continue to depend on the commander's intellectual ability. Despite the capabilities of NCW, or indeed because of them, "... the commander operates with erroneous, incomplete, overwhelming, or nonexistent information". The impact of information technology on battle command should be understood, but so too should its limitations.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Journal Article | Mindef Library & Info Centre Journals | XX(19711.1) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 19711-1001 |
Argues that battle command - the ability of a military commander to assess and assimilate information and make decisions - will continue to depend on the commander's intellectual ability. Despite the capabilities of NCW, or indeed because of them, "... the commander operates with erroneous, incomplete, overwhelming, or nonexistent information". The impact of information technology on battle command should be understood, but so too should its limitations.
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