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<p>The United States (U.S.) has the best-trained and equipped military in the world; however; these factors do  not necessarily equate to success in operations. Information is a vital component of warfare that facilitates success.  Electronic warfare (EW) organizations in the U.S. military are tasked to control battlefield information flow  throughout the range of military operations. Historically, the U.S. has effectively accomplished this mission;  however, recent events reveal symptoms of a decline in America's ability to exploit, attack, and protect information  systems. This thesis executed a contingency theory based organizational analysis of command level EW  organizations responsible for EW plans and management within the Department of Defense. The collective  assessment using the combined open systems model and ORGCON (Burton et al., 1998) expert system revealed the organization has not adequately adjusted to the dynamic environment of the twenty first century. Implementation of  recommended changes to the EW strategic task, leadership rank structure, education system, and division of EW may assist the U.S. military to maintain its information advantage in future operations.
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<br>Subjects: Electronics in military engineering; History; Military art and science; Automation; Information warfare; United States</div>
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Acquaro, Philip F.</div>
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