The Effect of Knowledge Management Systems on Organizational Performance
Do Soldier and Unit Counterinsurgency Knowledge and Performance Improve Following "Push" or "Adaptive-Push" Training?
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The U.S. Army's deployment tempo has put pressure on the Army's available training time to prepare for deployments. To better support units' training and preparations for and conduct of counterinsurgency and stability operations, the Army created the Stryker Warfighting Forum (SWfF), a network-centric, knowledge repository designed to increase Stryker Brigade soldier knowledge and unit performance. This dissertation reports the results of two studies to determine how best to increase soldier knowledge and unit performance using the SWfF. In the first study, statistically significant individual-level knowledge gains occurred as a result of soldiers' participation in an existing SWfF facilitator-led, multimedia virtual training event called the Hundredth House. In the second study, statistically significant gains in unit-level performance at the Army's combat training centers were associated with units using the Iraq Common Event Approaches Handbook, which was developed from combat-returnee feedback on ten events commonly faced by soldiers in Iraq.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Specific Aims and Research Questions
Chapter Two
Background, Significance, Motivation, and Literature Review
Chapter Three
Research Design and Methods
Chapter Four
Analysis and Results
Chapter Five
Conclusions, Policy Implications, and Recommendations for Future Research
Appendix A
Hundredth House Assessment Pre- and Post-Training Questions
Appendix B
Hundredth House Assessment Instrument Scoring Rubric
Appendix C
Hundredth House Assessment Scale Construction
Appendix D
Hundredth House Data Variable List
Appendix E
Tactical Vignette Survey Respondent Survey
Appendix F
Tactical Vignette Survey CodeBook
Appendix G
Tactical Vignette Survey Frequency Responses by Event
Appendix H
Iraq Common Events Handbook
Appendix I
Iraq Common Events Approaches Handbook — Questionnaire Instructions
Appendix J
Iraq Common Events Approaches Handbook — Questionnaire Response Sheets
Appendix K
Iraq Common Events Approaches Handbook Variable List
Appendix L
Hundredth House Tools Usage Data Analysis
Appendix M
Hundredth House Regression Influential Point and Other Threats to Statistical Validity Analyses
Appendix N
Iraq Common Events Approaches Handbook Regression Influential Point and Other Threats to Statistical Validity Analyses
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This document was submitted as a dissertation in June 2009 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. The faculty committee that supervised and approved the dissertation consisted of Bryan W. Hallmark (Chair), James T. Quinlivan, and Matthew W. Lewis.
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