Normative design of organizations. I. Mission planning

Author

Levchuk, Georgiy M. ; Levchuk, Yuri N. ; Luo, Jie ; Pattipati, Krishna R. ; Kleinman, David L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA

Volume

32

Issue

3

fYear

2002

fDate

5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

346

Lastpage

359

Abstract

This paper presents a design methodology for synthesizing organizations to execute complex missions efficiently. It focuses on devising mission planning strategies to optimally achieve mission goals while optimally utilizing organization´s resources. Effective planning is often the key to successful completion of the mission, and conversely, mission failure can often be traced back to poor planning. Details on subsequent phases of the design process to construct the mission-driven human organizations are discussed in a companion paper.

Keywords

operations research; processor scheduling; resource allocation; design methodology; mission goals; mission planning; mission-driven human organizations; organizational design; resource allocation; Constraint optimization; Decision making; Design engineering; Design methodology; Design optimization; Humans; Process design; Resource management; Scheduling; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1083-4427

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TSMCA.2002.802819

Filename

1046067