Web of Inclusion in Command and Control: The Standing Joint Force Headquarters and Military Transformation; Conference paper

摘要

Toffler, Bell and Drucker argued that society was being redefined by a major new shift in technology, 'The Information Age,' which required organizational and social changes. Sally Helgesen developed 'the web of inclusion' as a new Information Age organizational model. Webs of inclusion are not hierarchical; they use open communication across levels, redistribute power in the organization to the edge, embrace the outside world, blur conception and execution, adapt and evolve the organization and empower and motivate average members. Helgesen suggested that the web of inclusion could also apply to traditionally hierarchical military organizations. The Standing Joint Force Headquarters 'SJFHQ' was specifically developed by the Department of Defense 'DoD' to meet the needs of military transformation and is examined in this paper as a case study of a web of inclusion. The idea that military transformation is the application of high-tech solutions to warfare is challenged by examining the actual path of SJFHQ's development and particularly the transformational enabling concepts embedded in the SJFHQ. That path focused on command and control 'C2' and organizational innovation needed to meet the demands of the Information Age 'Fourth Generation Warfare' and the challenges of the Global War on Terrorism. This transformation is nothing short of the emerging military doctrine of the United States and future U.S.-led coalitions.