Research in the Decision Sciences for Global Business: Best Papers from the 2013 Annual Conference

8. An Organic Approach to Command and Control and Military Decision Making

—Lt. Col. Dr. Zoltán Jobbágy, National University of Public Service, Faculty of Military Science and Officer Training, Chair of Joint Operations

Abstract

Simply put, decision theory is concerned with identifying the best decision to take, assuming an ideal decision maker who is fully informed, and fully rational. In a highly complex, interdependent phenomenon such as war, the number of decisions that soldiers need to make is huge. With growing uncertainties everywhere it is increasingly difficult to make smart decisions. To understand what good decisions are and how to make them, it is important to understand the broader cognitive and social aspects of human decision ...