Military Decision Making Process

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at how the army's present, military decision-making process (MDMP) still represents the realities of command decision-making in battle and provides a practical guide to the efficient organization of large unit staff planning activities. The paper maintains, however, that the MDMP should be translated into an effective and robust digital resource to keep abreast with changing and emerging information and communications technologies. The paper further notes that the important thing to consider at the present stage is how to completely translate the MDMP into a digital resource and utilize emerging information and communications technology to complement and improve decision-making in battle and provide a practical guide to the efficient organization of large unit staff planning activities.

From the Paper:

"The methodology of which will ensure that whatever digital resource package chosen or developed for the electronic MDMP or e-MDMP will suit and meet the needs of commanders from strategic to tactical level. Timeliness, user friendliness and robustness are key features of the e-MDMP considering it will be deployed not only in the soft and cool confines of the Pentagon and used by office staff but rather in various battle environments and up to the level of the grunt. The system should endeavor to real time capability in order to fast track decision-making at all levels."
"However, digitizing the MDMP entails change management plan and a totally different learning curve since it contains not only military-learned skills but skills and knowledge in the use or emerging information and communications technology."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Charlton, John W. Digitized Chaos: Is Our Military Decision Making Process Ready for the Information Age? 18 December 1997. Available from: http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA339521&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
• Intermediate Level Education (ILE) Common Core. "Influencing Actions." FM 22-100, Army Leadership, Chapter 5, 5-3-5-6.
• Intermediate Level Education (ILE) Common Core. "Conducting Full Spectrum Operations." 6-3-6-4. FM 3-0, Operations, Chapter 6.
• Intermediate Level Education (ILE) Common Core. "Army Problem Solving." FM 5-0, Army Planning and Orders Production, Chapter 2.
• Intermediate Level Education (ILE) Common Core. "The Military Decision-Making Process" and "Troop Leading Procedures." FM 5-0, Army Planning and Orders Production, Chapter 3 and 4.

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