| Crosscutting Issues in International Transformation: Interactions and Innovations among People, Organizations, Processes, and Technology |
Dec 2009 |
288 pages |
| Authors:
Derrick Neal; Henrik Friman; Ralph Doughty; Wells; Linton II; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
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 | This book is a compilation of papers presented at the International Transformation Conference in Stockholm, Sweden on June 2-3, 2009. The conference was hosted by the Swedish Defence Research Agency at their Division of Information Systems in Kista. The papers are organized according to the categories of culture, interagency, transformation initiatives, leadership, and adaptive organizations. This sequence was chosen to group papers with common themes so that readers could follow ... |
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| Understanding and Leading Porous Network Organizations: An Analysis Based on the 7-S Model |
Sep-2009 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Wells; Linton II; Paul T Bartone; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
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| Increasingly, organizations are formed by individuals and groups that share common interests and goals but are not tied to each other by traditional authorities or financial relationships. Membership in these new organizations tends to shift over time as the environment changes, participants enter and leave, and roles, activities, and interests of members evolve. This evolving organizational structure can be described as an open or porous network, one in which the ... |
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| Social Software and National Security: An Initial Net Assessment |
Apr-2009 |
43 pages |
| Authors:
Wells; Linton II; Mark Drapeau; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
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| Social software connects people and information via online, informal Internet networks. It is appearing in increasingly diverse forms as part of a broad movement commonly called Web 2.0. Resulting social connections are typically serendipitous and can bring unexpected benefits. New social software technologies offer organizations increased agility, adaptiveness, interoperability, efficiency and effectiveness. Social software can be used by governments for content creation, external collaboration, community building, and other applications. The ... |
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| CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. Volume 20, Number 7 |
01-Jul-2007 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Dean Nathans; Donald R Stephens; Robert F Dillingham; Thomas J Taylor; Clay Robinson; Kristopher L Strance; David Zaharchek; Richard Aldrich; Thomas Lam; Carol Macha; Ann H Kim; Linton II; Wells; John J Grimes; James E Cartwright; Michael Todd; SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT CENTER HILL AFB UT
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| The late Edward R. Murrow once said that television is only lights and wires in a box unless we enable the technology with value-added information. In the world of cyberspace, our culture must move beyond form and format to embrace change. Culture change is the only way to enable information collaboration that adds true value to the lights and wires of our systems. It is the basic price of admission ... |
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| Sharing Information Today: Net-Centric Operations in Stability, Reconstruction, and Disaster Response |
01-Jul-2007 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
Wells; Linton II; OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR NETWORKS AND INFORMATION INTEGRATION WASHINGTON DC
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| As the Department of Defense (DoD) continues its information age transformation to net-centric operations, we must consider the full array of the DoD's activities. The level of interaction with partners outside the boundaries of DoD networks has increased tremendously over the past few years. In particular, it is crucial to support Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction (SSTR) operations, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR), and Building Partnership Capacity (BPC) among ... |
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