Thinking together: New forms of thought system for a revolution in military affairs

Abstract

The notion of Thought Warfare and Anti-Warfare (TWAW) is introduced as a way of thinking about military conflict and its avoidance; it is foreseen as an increasingly important Defence issue in the twenty-first century. TWAW involves the dynamic interaction of allies' and adversaries' Thought Systems. Current Thought Systems involve entities capable of cognition, emotion and volition -typically (groups of) people -interacting via networks of information and data systems. New forms of Thought System are proposed that go beyond this; if realised they could provide significant comparative advantage in TWAW and may contribute to a Revolution in Military Affairs. RELEASE LIMITATIONApproved for public release [DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE] RCTA DEFENCE SCIENCE t TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION I Vvl V frQFoo-U-3170

Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Impacts on Knowledge Sharing: An Empirical Study

“…Investigation of the level of influence organizational Citizenship Behavior dimensions on the knowledge sharing. (Burke, 2000) defines knowledge recursively as "meaning derived from information and other knowledge". (Knapp, 1998) sees knowledge as "information in action, where information is mindfully applied for a specific purpose and/or during a specific task".…”

2.1.1 Thought Systems, and Thought Warfare and Anti‐Warfare

“…This Section introduces the central concepts involved in the conceptualisation of Thought Systems presented in Thinking Together, [Burke 2000b]. For the sake of brevity, it provides just an overview of the inter-relationships of the concepts; accordingly, considerable detail is suppressed.…”

“…They describe the concepts from three different perspectives thus providing a Synoptic View, a Structural View and a Piecewise View 5 . Thinking Together, Appendix E, [Burke 2000b],defines and explains these Views.…”

“…Some of the concepts are extensively inter-related. An example, suppressed at the level of detail of this Overview, but evident in Thinking Together, [Burke 2000b], shows that the concept of schema is inter-woven through the conceptualisation:…”

“…The core conceptualisation provides a coherent way of thinking, and a language to support discourse, about current military issues of relevance to the NCW community. For instance, Thinking Together, [Burke 2000b], Section 4, discusses the following as examples of composite Thought Systems of current interest to Defence:…”