Alert and ready an organizational design assessment of marine corps intelligence
Over the past decade, especially, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) intelligence has had to tailor its organization to meet the evolving demands of the operational environment. This has resulted in a number of ad hoc arrangements, practices, and organizations. A broad review of the organizational design of U...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, Calif. :
RAND
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Rand Corporation monograph series Alert and ready
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423730806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Background; Recent History of Marine Corps Intelligence; Organization of This Monograph; Chapter Two: Approach; Literature on Organizational Design; Marine Corps and Marine Corps Intelligence Strategy, Plans, and Doctrine; Interviews; Interview Participants; Interview Topics and Questions; Data Analysis; Development and Assessment of Alternative Structures; Chapter Three: Current Organization of Marine Corps Intelligence
- The Organization of Marine Air-Ground Task ForcesThe Organization of the Intelligence-Supporting Establishment; Manpower Resources; Growth; Distribution by Organization Level; Distribution by Grade; Use of Inventory in a Deployed Setting; Marine Corps Intelligence Units of Analysis; Chapter Four: Literature on Organizational Design and Analytic Framework; Organizational Fit; Hierarchical Criteria; Basic Organizational Structures; Chapter Five: Strategic Intent and Organizational Assessment: USMC Intelligence Strategy, Plans, Doctrine; Strategic Intent
- Objectives for the Organization of Marine Corps IntelligenceEffectiveness and Efficiency; Chapter Six: Issue Identification and Analysis of Data; Ranking the Issues; Why Include Nonstructural Issues, and Why Prioritize?; Issues; Chapter Seven: Alternative Structures and Their Assessment; Intelligence Department; As Is; Concerns; Should Be; Improving Fit and Mitigating Specific Concerns; Marine Corps Intelligence Activity; As Is; Concerns; Should Be; Improving Fit and Mitigating Specific Concerns; Marine Expeditionary Forces; As Is; Concerns; Should Be
- Improving Fit and Mitigating Specific ConcernsCombat Elements; As Is; Concerns; Should Be; Summary; Chapter Eight: Addressing Remaining Marine Corps Intelligence Issues; Issues Affected by Structural Change; Issues Not Addressed by Structural Change; Chapter Nine: Conclusions and Recommendations; Findings; The Intelligence Department Reflects an Accumulation of 20 Years of Organizational Change; The Marine Corps Intelligence Activity Lacks Customer Orientation and Has Unclear Priorities; The Focus of the Marine Expeditionary Force Is "Up" and Disciplinary
- The Combat Elements Have Recently Shifted from a Functional to a Matrix Structure but Are Hampered by a Lack of ExperienceOther Issues Relate to Mission, Workforce, Leadership, Culture, and Technology; Recommendations; The Intelligence Department Is a Functional Hierarchy and Should Stay That Way While Making Opportunistic Improvements; The Marine Corps Intelligence Activity Should Reorganize into a Specialized Matrix Known as a Front-Back Organization; The Marine Expeditionary Force Could Be More Effective if Organized into Integrated Matrix Habitual Relationships; Appendixes
- A. Organizational Design Literature Considered
