Description of Selected Army Staff Functions: …

1 1OL4D 1I " C-r ' "ARI Research Note 88-62, of Selected army StaffFunctions: targets for Planning AidsCharles F. Carter, Jr., Mark A. Archer,and Albert E. MurrayScience Applications International CorporationforARI Field Unit Fort Leavenworth, KansasStanley M. Haplin, ChiefDTIIS ystems Research Laboratory DTICR obin L Keesee, Director S '.U. S. ArmyResearch Institute for the Behavioral and Social SciencesJuly 1988 Approved for thei pubbc m learK ditribution ..-,-7- w, d4 WWW army RESEARCH INSTITUTEFOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCESA Field Operating Agency under the Jurisdiction of theDeputy Chief of Staff for PersonnelL.

2 NEALE COSBYEDGAR M. JOHNSON Colonel. INTechnical Director CommanderResearch accomplished under contractfor the Department of the ArmyScience Applications International CorporationTechnical review by Accesion ForNTS CRA& --ISharon L. Riedel ISC AF1 LRex R. Michel LFi-- OTICINSPECTEDlThis report. as submitted by the contractor, has been cleared for release to Defense Technical information Center(aTnd tol beavilblpoly th ruaoreuirements wt h een gerives noc piar ithebation Te hnianotionISerice (NTIS). The vicwt.)

3 Opinions, and/or findings contained in this report are those of the author(s) andshould not be construed! a an official 09pe. tment of the army position, policy, or decisionlssodigaeby other official FI EDSECUtITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGEForm ApprovedREPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE OMBNo. 0704-0188la. REPORT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION lb. RESTRICTIVE MARKINGSU nclassified -I-Za. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY 3. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY OF REPORTA pproved for public release;2b. DECLASSIFICATION /DOWNGRADING SCHEDULE distribution unl imi PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S) S.

4 MONITORING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S)ARI Research Note 88-626a. NAME OF PERFORMING ORGANIZATION 6b. OFFICE SYMBOL 7a. NAME OF MONITORING ORGANIZATIONS cience Applications (If applicable) ARI Field Unit atInternational Corporation --Fort Leavenworth, Kansas6c. ADDRESS (City, State, and ZIP Code) 7b. ADDRESS (City, State, and ZIP Code)5001 Eisenhower Avenue Box 3407 Alexandria, VA 22333-5600 Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-0347$a. NAME OF FUNDING ISPONSORING 8b. OFFICE SYMBOL 9. PROCUREMENT INSTRUMENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBERORGANIZATION (If opplicable)Armv Rpqgarh TngtittI_ _ PRT 9-X5E-7825E-IBc.

5 ADDRESS(City, State, and ZIP Code) 10. SOURCE OF FUNDING NUMBERS5001 Eisenhower Avenue PROGRAM PROJECT TASK WORK UNITVEe wAvenu 2 ELEMENT NO. NO. 2Q2637 NO. ACCESSION , VA 22333-5600 39A793 TITLE (Include Security Classification) Description OF Selected army Staff functions : targets FOR PLANNING AIDS12. PERSONAL AUTHOR(S)Charles F. Carter, Jr., Mark A. Archer, and Albert E. Murray13a. TYPE OF REPORT 13b. TIME COVERED 14. DATE OF REPORT (Year, Month, Day) 15. PAGE COUNTF inal Report FROM July 1988 10116.

6 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTATION Stanley M. Halpin, contracting officer's representative, Jon , technical monitor. Research note done under agreement between the army (OVER)17. COSATI CODES 18. SUBJECT TERMS (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number)FIELD ' Command and Control s4 _-GROUP SUB-ROUP Command Group Behavior, --" army Staff Function%,,_ Tactical Decision Making Staff Planning, (OVER)19. ABSTRACT (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify k"6lock number)'-?LThis research note identifies division~level coordinating Staff functions , and analyzestheir contribution to tactical decision making.

7 The coordinating Staff functions of intell-igence (G2), operations (G3), and logistics (G4), are decomposed into tasks and tasks are evaluated as to importance to the decision making process, and as to ameni-bility to the application of advanced information processing, including the use of artificialintelligence techniques. Based upon army experts' advice, and upon the professional judge-ment of the authors, functional tasks which were considered to have high priority for humanperformance enhancement were Selected and put in order of priority.

8 The top six prioritytasks were further decomposed into subtasks to better identify opportunities for humanperformance enhancement. The six Staff tasks for early human performance enhancement are:analyzing tactical courses of action, analyzing battlefield areas, analyzing tactical capa-bilities, evaluating the enemy threat, analyzng logistic capabilities, and developingtactical courses of action. <,.. , C ; )20. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY OF ABSTRACT "' 21. ABSTRACT SECURITY CLASSIFICATIONrUNCLASSIFIED/UNLIMITED 0 SAME AS RPT.

9 0 DTIC USERS Unclassified22a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL 22b. TELEPHONE (include Area Code) 22c. OFFICE SYMBOLJon J. Fallesen 9 13 PERI-SyLDO Form 1473, JUN 86 Previous editions are obsolete. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGEi UNCLASSIFIEDV ! V- WSECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE(Whl Daft ntIeet)ARI RESEARCH NOTE 88-6216. Supplementary Notation (continued)Research Institute, and the University of California, Los Alamos report was done under contract from Los Alamos National Laboratory toScience Applications International Corporation (SAIC).

10 18. Subject Terms (continued)~Artificial Intelligence, Intelligence/Prioritization Method/ Operations,Course of Action, Wargaming,Decision Aids2 Logi sti cs4 UNCLASSIFIEDii SECUJRITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGI(Whenf DOtM Santr41 Vansaw YDESCRIPTION OF Selected army Staff functions : targets FOR PLANNING AIDSEXECUTIVE SUMMARYR equl rement:To identify critical army battle Staff functions and tasks for whichenhancement would represent a valued improvement in tactical decision makingperformance. Enhancement areas include Staff operating procedures, advancedinformation processing approaches for command and control systems, orartificial intelligence :The selection of significant Staff functions and tasks involved thedevelopment of detailed function flow diagrams to decompose Staff functionsinto tasks and describe the nature of the tasks.)