Information Technology and Military Power - Jon R. Lindsay by Unknown Author

Author:Unknown Author
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-02-08T16:00:00+00:00

Institutionalized

Strong cultural preference for direct action

Occupation bureaucracy and shared commercial technologies

Organic

Neglect of indirect action and intelligence

Ad hoc data management

Information practice theory suggests mixed expectations. The warfighting problem of civil war and reconstruction was unconstrained. A strongly institutionalized solution in this environment should promote insulated practice. The SOTF’s ingrained preference for direct action was a poor fit for the irregular situation in Anbar, where indirect action had been and would continue to be critical for the stabilization of the province. At the same time, the geographic dispersal of camps along the Euphrates and the NSW culture of improvisation promoted organic adaptation, which has the potential to improve fit. Problematic practice becomes more likely, however, when adaptation is not mindful of salient interdependencies and constraints, such as those created by the administrative superstructure of the U.S. occupation and its common technologies. The net result was that the SOTF had a shared consensus on what to do, but not on how to do it. The SOTF’s mixed solution thus created the worst of both worlds: problematic practice reinforcing insulation.

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