04254nam 2200745 a 450 991022007970332120200520144314.00-8330-4936-4(CKB)2670000000014542(EBL)510397(OCoLC)593295889(SSID)ssj0000344045(PQKBManifestationID)11294880(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344045(PQKBWorkID)10306569(PQKB)10425718(Au-PeEL)EBL510397(CaPaEBR)ebr10375777(MiAaPQ)EBC510397(oapen)doab114861(EXLCZ)99267000000001454220091022d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrUnderstanding commanders' information needs for influence operations /Eric V. Larson ... [et al.]1st ed.Santa Monica, CA RAND20091 online resource (165 p.)Rand Corporation monograph series ;MG-656-A"RAND Arroyo Center.""Prepared for the United States Army."0-8330-4691-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-133).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 2006Insights 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 OperationsAPPENDIX 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; ReferencesDocuments 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.Rand Corporation monograph series ;MG-656-A.GeneralsUnited StatesInformation servicesCommand of troopsInfluence (Psychology)Information warfareUnited StatesCombined operations (Military science)United StatesArmed ForcesPlanningUnited StatesArmed ForcesOfficersInformation servicesUnited StatesArmed ForcesInformation servicesUnited StatesMilitary policyGeneralsInformation services.Command of troops.Influence (Psychology)Information warfareCombined operations (Military science)355.4/1Larson Eric V(Eric Victor),1957-879922Arroyo Center.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910220079703321Understanding commanders' information needs for influence operations1964940UNINA