Command Group Behaviors. Their Identification, Quantification, and Impact on Collective Output in Automated and Non-Automated Environments

摘要

This report summarizes first year efforts and provides detailed results of the second year research efforts (of a three year project) to relate battalion commander and staff behavior to command group effectiveness. An initial methodology for relating behavior to effectiveness was developed; video and audio recordings of battalion command group participation in computer-assisted battle simulations were produced; recorded data were classified by military experts to assist in behavior analysis; and analyses of the data using the initial methodology were performed. Analyses of the data yielded inconclusive statistical correlations and judgmental evaluations between command group behavior and group effectiveness using the methodology. Changes to the initial methodology as well as improvements to the research laboratory are discussed. (Author)