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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820317203321

Titolo

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

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