A Generic Model of Management and Command and Control

The design of general support systems for military activities would greatly facilitate co-ordination and co-operation between different positions throughout the organization, increase flexibility in solving unknown tasks, and provide more cost-effective solutions. Command and Control (C2), as well as other types of business and military management, show generic features that should be emphasized when developing such general systems. Based on a definition of C2 and discussions on different aspects of organization and decision-making, a generic model of C2 is suggested. To provide informative and precise input to the design process, the object oriented Unified Modeling Language (UML) is used to represent the model.

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