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Author Tomme, Edward B. (Edward Brown), 1963- author.

Title Expansion or marginalization : how effects-based organization could determine the future of Air Force Space Command.

Publication Info. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air Force Research Institute, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Federal Documents Online  D 301.26/7-5:2008-1    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (58 pages).
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Research paper / Air Force Research Institute ; 2008-1
Research paper (Air University (U.S.). Air Force Research Institute) ; 2008-1.
Note At head of title: Air University, Curtis E. Lemay Center for Doctrine Development and Education.
"July 2008."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-39).
Summary Air Force Space Command is currently organized around a domain: it does things in and through space. Such an organization is not optimal, as it ignores synergies gained from effects-based organization: the grouping of missions according to similar effects instead of platforms and platform locations. Events already in motion appear poised to push Space Command to the sidelines unless it proactively embraces missions in other domains that produce effects similar to what it currently does exclusively from space. The newly announced Air Force Cyberspace Command could suffer from similar problems since it is similarly organized around a domain instead of effects. This paper proposes a change in Air Force organizational structure that deemphasizes the domain and stresses effects; combat effects are separated from combat support effects so that these effects-based synergies can best be exploited. An Air Force Space Command combined with the new Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency would become the cornerstone of a new combat support command that would enable a single commander to support joint Department of Defense operations and the intelligence community more effectively than is possible under the current structure. Such a new command could quickly become the nation's preeminent provider of high-ground command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) effects.
Note Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (viewed February 23, 2017).
Subject United States. Air Force Space Command.
United States. Air Force -- Organization.
United States. Air Force. (OCoLC)fst00538280
United States. Air Force Space Command. (OCoLC)fst00655786
Effects-based operations (Military science)
Command control communications.
Organizational realignment.
Air force.
Space defense.
Reconnaissance.
Space surveillance.
Intelligence.
Armed Forces -- Organization. (OCoLC)fst01351846
Effects-based operations (Military science) (OCoLC)fst01742430
Administration and management.
Military forces and organizations.
Defense systems.
Space warfare.
Missions.
Artificial satellites.
Computer networks.
Operational effectiveness.
Combat support.
Synergism.
Combat effectiveness.
Indexed Term AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND
EFFECTS-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
DOMAIN-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
COMBAT EFFECTS
COMBAT SUPPORT EFFECTS
AIR FORCE CYBER COMMAND
AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
CROSS-DOMAIN DOMINANCE
CYBERSPACE INTELLIGENCE
Genre/Form Online resources.
Electronic books.
Electronic government information.
Added Author Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education.
Air University (U.S.). Air Force Research Institute, issuing body.
Other Form: Print version: Tomme, Edward B. (Edward Brown), 1963- Expansion or marginalization (DLC) 2009275299 (OCoLC)263825735
Standard No. DTICE ADA485277
Gpo Item No. 0422-A-07 (online)
Sudoc No. D 301.26/7-5:2008-1

 
    
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