The Strategic Management Challenges of Developing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Public Safety Organizations

摘要

This paper deals with the challenges of strategic management in public organizations for improving situational awareness and real-time picture. A significant strategic management tool for operational activities is situational awareness including real-time picture creation. In this paper we use, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as an example for improving situational awareness and real-time picture creation. Persons acting on the ground, their leaders and other decision-makers should be able to exploit a real time picture of the situation when making decision. E.g. police, border control authorities, customs and fire departments need real-time picture of the situation. For decision-makers and their assistants, situational awareness means understanding about events, circumstances affecting these events, the objectives of various parties and possible options, which are needed to make decisions on a specific item or the whole thing. In society, the efficient use of resources is a sensible, economical and appropriate target. Strategy work requires a new perspective where actors must have the ability to see large complexes. Different entities interact with each other and strategic decisions require courage. Successful organizations create a successful strategy, implement it and are able to renew their strategies with the latest requirements.