Information Management: Is the U.S. Army Prepared for Information Superiority?
Timothy P. Norton
BiblioScholar
2012
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Although the Army Vision 2010 states that one of the keys to success on the modern battlefield is to achieve information superiority, the current U.S. Army doctrine in this area does not support it. Specifically, the topic of information management, one of the fundamentals in information superiority, is lacking in the clarity and depth required to meet this lofty goal. Operational advantages of information superiority are obtained through the systematic provision of clear, accurate, and useable information. Under the current doctrine, the discussion is limited to the products and ignores the process. If a product focus is not addressed the U.S. Army will not reach the stated goal of information superiority. To understand this serious deficiency, this study examines current doctrinal definitions and concepts of information management and compared them with business and academic writings on the subject. The intent was to assess if the Army's concepts are sufficient to manage the information that we strive to create. The researched revealed that the Army is not prepared. Doctrine does not provide guidance on the concept of information management as a system. The doctrinal definitions identify products and qualities of information but fail to discuss frameworks and principles that are essential to information management. This gap in information management doctrine makes it nearly impossible to achieve the goal of information superiority. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
