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Abstract. Success on the land battlespace has traditionally been attributed to
the leadership and skill of the commander. The introduction of
the staff system and limitations of communications tended to isolate
the commander from the sources of his information. Paradoxically, the
capacity of modern communications and information systems may constrain the
commander by overwhelming him with the volume of data. Recently,
a concept known as 'Network-Centric Warfare' has made claims of
being able to speed up command decision making and improve
tactical command and control. This concept leans on technology and
procedures being developed in the commercial world. At the same
time, commercial management has explored a development known as 'Knowledge
Management'. This paper explores Knowledge Management concepts to consider what
relevance they might have to Army tactical command and control
specifically at formation and unit level. It particularly asks what
parallels might exist between Knowledge Management concepts and those of
Network-Centric Warfare. The paper argues that Network-Centric Warfare embraces only
a sub-set of the concepts enunciated under Knowledge Management.
Related topics:
knowledge management, command and control, network centric warfare, command systems
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