Information Sharing in Military Operations

In: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications

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Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- 1 Information Sharing in Military and Security Operations -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Information Sharing with Whom? -- Why Is Information Sharing Among Partners Beneficial, Even Though It May Be Hard to Do? -- Acting like an Oyster: Why is Information Sharing Among Partners Problematic? -- The Dynamics of Non-sharing and Non-receiving -- Conclusions and Organization of this Volume -- References -- 2 Information Fusion: Intelligence Centers and Intelligence Analysis -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Defining Information Fusion -- Origins of the Concept -- Civilian Policing and Security -- Civilian Fusion Centers -- Criticisms of Civilian Fusion Centers -- Models of Information Fusion -- The Joint Directors of Laboratories (JDL) Process Model -- Observe, Orient, Decide, Act (OODA) Loop -- C-OODA -- Military Information Fusion Centers -- The NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre -- The U.S. Joint Analysis Center (JAC) -- Joint Intelligence Centers (JICs) -- Air Force Joint Battlespace Info-Sphere -- Criticism of U.S. Military's Fusion Centers -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Oh, Didn't Anyone Tell You? The Importance of Intra-Organizational Information Sharing -- Abstract -- Organizational Justice and the Role of Informational Justice -- Informational Justice -- This Study -- Procedure -- Sample -- Measures -- Descriptive Results -- Descriptive Analyses of Demographic Variables -- Correlational Analyses -- Mediational Analyses -- Discussion -- References -- 4 Information Sharing in Contemporary Operations: The Strength of SOF Ties -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Organizational Effectiveness in Multinational HQs -- Special Forces and Conventional Forces in Operations -- Case Study: SOF HQs in Kabul -- Main Barriers to Information Sharing -- Conclusion: A Delicate Chemistry -- References