Advances in Archaeological Practice

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910505407003321
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Non definito
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico

Command and control [[electronic resource] ] : the sociotechnical perspective / / by Guy Walker ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778426703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, 2009
• ISBN: 1-315-57276-1; 1-317-16404-0; 1-283-01862-4; 9786613018625; 0-7546-9191-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Collana: Human factors in defence
• Altri autori (Persone): WalkerGuy
• Disciplina: 355.3/3041
• Soggetti: Command and control systems - Effect of technology on; Command and control systems - Technological innovations; Command and control systems - Evaluation; Communications, Military; Technology - Social aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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