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Understanding commanders' information needs for influence operations / Eric V. Larson ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-656-A.
- Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-656-A
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Generals--United States--Information services.
- Generals.
- Command of troops.
- Influence (Psychology).
- Information warfare--United States.
- Information warfare.
- Combined operations (Military science).
- United States--Armed Forces--Planning.
- United States.
- United States--Armed Forces--Officers--Information services.
- United States--Armed Forces--Information services.
- United States--Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (165 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Documents a study whose goals were to develop an understanding of commanders' information requirements for cultural and other "soft" factors in order to improve the effectiveness of combined arms operations, and to develop practical ways for commanders to integrate information and influence operations activities into combined arms planning/assessment in order to increase the usefulness to ground commanders of such operations.
- Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE - Introduction; Defining Terms; Study Tasks and Analytic Approach; Organization of This Monograph; CHAPTER TWO - Commanders' Information Needs for Influence Operations; Insights from Structured Conversations with Commanders; Insights from Recent Papers by Senior Commanders; Insights from Case Study Analyses; Insights from the National Training Center; Insights from 1st Information Operations Command; Observations from Unified Quest 2006
- Insights from a Review of Doctrine, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures, and Task Lists Chapter Conclusions; CHAPTER THREE - Sources of Commanders' Information Needs; Commanders' Guidance; The Operating Environment and Information Domain; Resources Available to the Commander; Chapter Conclusions; CHAPTER FOUR - Remaining Challenges; Vertical Coordination and Echelonment; Horizontal Coordination Across Areas of Operation; Ensuring Continuity in Transitions; Overcoming Doctrinal Stovepiping of Information Operations; APPENDIX A - Identified Information Requirements for Influence Operations
- APPENDIX B - Task List AnalysisAPPENDIX C - A Metrics-Based Planning and Assessment Approach for Influence Operations; APPENDIX D - Assessment of Expected Utility Modeling for Influence Operations; APPENDIX E - Assessment of Social Network Analysis for Influence Operations; References
- Notes:
- "RAND Arroyo Center."
- "Prepared for the United States Army."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-133).
- ISBN:
- 0-8330-4936-4
- OCLC:
- 593295889
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