Military Studies

ii Information Management; Are we prepared for information superiority? by Major Timothy P. Norton, U.S. Army, 49 pages. Although the Army Vision 2010 states that one of the keys to success on the modern battlefield is to achieve information superiority, the current U.S. Army doctrine in this area does not support it. Specifically, the topic of information management, one of the fundamentals in information superiority, is lacking in the clarity and depth required to meet this lofty goal. Operational advantages of information superiority are obtained through the systematic provision of clear, accurate, and useable information. Under the current doctrine, the discussion is limited to the products and ignores the process. If a product focus is not addressed the U.S. Army will not reach the stated goal of information superiority. To understand this serious deficiency, this study examines current doctrinal definitions and concepts of information management and compared them with business and academic writings on the subject. The intent was to assess if the Army’s concepts are sufficient to manage th