Download or read book Effects based Approaches to Operations written by Canada. Department of National Defence and published by Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations. This book was released on 2008 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program.
Download or read book Effects Based Operations Old Doctrine New Words written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent release of the new Commander s Handbook for an Effects-Based Approach to Joint Operations has rekindled the debate on the necessity of incorporating Effect-Base Operations (EBO) into doctrine. The foundation for this paper is based on three fundamental points. First, we have been conducting military operations to achieve effects in the past. Second, the current consternation is actually about the System-of-Systems Approach, not necessarily for or against the EBO concept. Third, total reliance on this System-of-Systems Approach is not the panacea to all military operations; in fact to do so could be detrimental to an Operational Commander. Lastly, this paper concludes that the Commander s Handbook for an Effects-Based Approach to Joint Operations should be withdrawn, that precise terminology must be used when developing doctrine or processes, and the System-of- Systems Approach should be used as part of the IPB process and indoctrinated at the service level.
Download or read book The Effects Based Board written by Colin B. Marcum and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inherent difficulty in developing and executing military courses of action to achieve the desired end-state comes from the complexities of the operational environment. Each environment contains within it different initial conditions that affect the nature of military operations with relationships that are as complex as they are numerous. This means that a similar course of action executed in a similar manner in one environment may not produce similar effects in another. This occurs due to the nature of those initial conditions, and how they alter the effects produced within that operational environment. The Effects-Based Board (EBB) seeks to provide clarity to an otherwise convoluted system of relationships by supporting the Combatant Command, and their joint staff, with a board of professional military and civilian personnel whose collective knowledge can help shape course of action development. Subject matter experts and liaisons from the Department of Defense, Department of State, national intelligence agencies, intergovernmental/non-governmental organizations, and foreign nations make up the membership of the board, and through their guidance can shape the development and execution of deliberate and crisis action plans. Identifying the initial conditions, determining the effects of their linkages, and creating courses of action that target those links in order to shape them can, in due course, shape the operational environment towards the desired end-state.
Download or read book Transforming to Effects based Operations written by Andrew M. Dorman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author examines the extent to which the United Kingdom (UK) has transitioned to effects-based operations to ascertain: (1) Areas where the U.S. Army could draw lessons from UK policies; (2) Areas where the U.S. Army and the British Ministry of Defence could develop integrated or complementary approaches and doctrines towards transformation for future alliance/coalition operations; and (3) Implications for the U.S. Army for working with the UK. This monograph is subdivided into four parts. Section 1 is a review of the evolution of British defence policy since the end of the Cold War and evaluates the degree to which it has adopted an effects based approach. Section 2 examines the British operational experience since the end of the Cold War including an analysis of the lessons learned and its experiences of working with allies. Section 3 analyses the UK's capability development through its doctrine and acquisition strategies. Section 4 evaluates the implications of these findings for the U.S. Army and makes 17 main recommendations.
Download or read book Incorporating Effects Based Operations Into Military Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes the activities accomplished by DMM Ventures Inc. under the Air Force Research lab Effectsbased Operations Advanced Technology Demonstration (EBO ATD). The effort focused on researching and analyzing improved operational concepts, processes and techniques for an effects-based approach to conducting military operations. The contractor developed in EBO concept of operations, and experimentation scenario (Operation Deny Force) that included data and plan elements, and various supporting materials dealing with Information Operations and coalition operations as they relate to EBO.
Download or read book Thinking Effects Effects Based Methodology for Joint Operations written by Edward C. Mann III and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effects Based Operations Tactical Utility written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effects-Based Operations (EBO) is an emerging operational concept that seeks to obtain a desired strategic outcome or effect on the enemy through the synergistic and cumulative application of the full range of military and non-military capabilities at all levels of conflict. Most of the information written about EBO examines its utility at the strategic and operational levels, but there is a general lack of information on its relevance at the tactical level. This thesis compares the effects-based approach to operations against the current objectives-based approach to operations. The thesis suggests that EBO have tactical utility to the U.S. Army: that effects are more enduring than tasks. This approach directs action based on the effects that are desired, providing more enduring guidance than the use of tasks to direct action. The effects-based approach is more effective at directing action likely to move the state of conflict to the desired end state, while discouraging counterproductive action. Use of effects provides subordinates greater latitude in determining appropriate tasks, purposes, and methods, while ensuring actions are within the commander's intent. The approach fosters adaptive organizations through the requirement to assess results against the causal linkage between actions and effects; recognizes that actions create multiple effects, intended and unintended; and is better suited across the spectrum of operations because the analytical process is unchanged regardless of the operation. Finally, the effects-based approach provides greater opportunity for unified action from the tactical level through to the strategic level by breaking the conquest paradigm and recognizing that actions by military forces affect the military, diplomatic, informational, and economic lines of operations. This thesis measures EBO against three conditions: the contemporary operating environment, the Army Future Force, and tactical warfare. (2 tables, 9 figures, 33 refs.) 7.
Download or read book Effects based Operations written by Allen W. Batschelet and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Community Based Operations Research written by Michael P. Johnson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-18 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume is an introduction to diverse methods and applications in operations research focused on local populations and community-based organizations that have the potential to improve the lives of individuals and communities in tangible ways. The book's themes include: space, place and community; disadvantaged, underrepresented or underserved populations; international and transnational applications; multimethod, cross-disciplinary and comparative approaches and appropriate technology; and analytics. The book is comprised of eleven original submissions, a re-print of a 2007 article by Johnson and Smilowitz that introduces CBOR, and an introductory chapter that provides policy motivation, antecedents to CBOR in OR/MS, a theory of CBOR and a comprehensive review of the chapters. It is hoped that this book will provide a resource to academics and practitioners who seek to develop methods and applications that bridge the divide between traditional OR/MS rooted in mathematical models and newer streams in 'soft OR' that emphasize problem structuring methods, critical approaches to OR/MS and community engagement and capacity-building.
Download or read book New Perspectives on Effects based Operations written by Gwen Linde and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analysis of the Application of an Effects Based Approach to the Conduct of Joint Close Air Support written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent joint force thinking has espoused effects-based operations (EBO) as an evolutionary, some say revolutionary, approach to warfare. The 2003 Joint Operations Concepts document states, "The Joint Force uses an effects-based approach." With this in mind the primary question is, Can an effects-based approach to the conduct of joint close air support (CAS) improve achievement of the supported ground commander's intent? EBO history and theory are explored as well as the current state of joint CAS doctrine, demonstrating that EBO is conceptually well documented but effects-based ideas are just recently beginning to appear in joint publications. Current CAS doctrine presents the objective-based approach to warfare prevalent in most joint and service publications. Due to the lack of historical examples of effects-based CAS operations, the thesis uses a qualitative comparison of objective- and effects-based CAS to analyze the primary question. The analysis reveals an effects-based approach can improve achievement of the supported ground commander's intent to some degree over the current approach and suggests that EBO is an evolutionary development of objective-based operations that should be formally incorporated into the conduct of joint CAS.
Download or read book Analysis of Effects Based Operations The Road Ahead to Doing Business Differently written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, a significant amount of discussion in the United States Air Force centers on Effects-Based Operations (EBO) as the new way to fight. This debate ranges from Military Operations Research Society (MORS) workshops sponsored by senior civilian and military leaders to articles and booklets written by USAF general officers. This paper will provide a definition and brief discussion of EBO before focusing on its main area EBO Wargaming, Experimentation, and Exercises. The EBO in Wargaming, Experimentation, and Exercises section of the will address EBO as a concept and process and finally a concept of operations (CONOPS). In addition, it will explore an experimentation strategy for determining the "good" and "bad" aspects of EBO and how to logically progress from Wargames through Experiments to Exercises. In an effort to map the road ahead for analysis of EBO, the paper will address four questions: 1) How are Effect-Based Operations currently analyzed and/or characterized in wargames, experiments, and exercises? 2) What are the indicators of success for Effects-Based Operations in wargames, experiments, and exercises? 3) What tools and techniques are available to analyze and measure the indicators of success and do any shortfalls exist in this set of tools and techniques? 4) What can be done to improve the analysts of Effects-Based Operations? This paper will conclude by highlighting on-going efforts to incorporate and implement Effects-Based Operations in future wargames, experiments, and excises and potential impacts on doctrine, organization, training, and leadership.
Download or read book Operationalizing Effects Based Operations An EBO Methodology Based on Joint Doctrine written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting an effects-based approach for the conduct of military operations is central to the transformation efforts underway in America's armed forces. The effects-based approach, commonly referred to as Effects-Based Operations (EBO), is imbued with creative, critical thought processes and deliberate methodologies for planning, executing, and assessing operations that are designed to create the specific effects necessary to achieve national security objectives. It exploits lethal and non-lethal applications of force and applies to the full spectrum of missions from humanitarian relief to major combat operations. Moreover, it is applicable at all levels of decision-making; strategic, operational and tactical. EBO allows military planners to avoid attrition and apply force at the right place and time to achieve specific effects. It redirects the focus of every action toward attaining the desired national security outcome rather than on the inputs to a force on force engagement, which is merely one of many alternative solutions. EBO optimally integrates all the elements of national power diplomatic, economic, military, and information in the planning and execution process and is as concerned with the state of the peace following military action as it is with victory itself. The war is not won until the desired political outcomes are achieved.
Download or read book Effects Based Operations at the Operational Level of War Exploring the Living System Alternative written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of Effects-Based Operations (Effects-Based Approach to Operations) proves effective in a well-defined tactical environment, but less capable in the dynamic open environment at the operational level of war. Exploring the well-established relationship between control systems and EBO reveals fundamental problems with this concept in the areas of situation assessment, feedback, and prediction. The living system model provides an alternate construct for the environment found at the operational level of war. This model better represents the complex, open system found and is better able to overcome the disturbances that occur in open systems With robustly designed systems and sub-systems, the ability to synchronize C2 at the organism and sub-system levels, and the acceptance of limitations in areas such as situation assessment and feedback, the living system model provides a better construct for defeating adversaries of all abilities.
Download or read book Effects based Operations written by Paul K. Davis and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2001 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effects-based operations (EBO) are defined for thismonograph as operations conceived and planned in a systems framework thatconsiders the full range of direct, indirect, and cascading effects
Download or read book Strategy in NATO written by Liselotte Odgaard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume addresses the challenges and opportunities facing NATO post-2014, applying an original approach to strategy that will produce fresh insights into this hot topic within the international security community.
Download or read book Foundations of Effective Influence Operations written by Eric Victor Larson and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors aim to assist the U.S. Army in understanding "influence operations," capabilities that may allow the United States to effectively influence the attitudes and behavior of particular foreign audiences while minimizing or avoiding combat. The book identifies approaches, methodologies, and tools that may be useful in planning, executing, and assessing influence operations.
