Wall Street and Network-Centric Warfare: The Human-Centric Approach to Concept Application

Abstract

WALL STREET AND NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE: THE HUMAN-CENTRIC APPROACH TO CONCEPT APPLICATIONThe Network-Centric Warfare concept has extensively used civilian sector models during development. As the transition from concept to application occurs, these civilian sector models should be further utilized for insights into network-centric operation.Stock market investment companies maintain the human-centric approach to their network-centric operations.The focus of investment companies in technology, organization, and intelligence is with the human user in mind. Artificial intelligence, display capabilities, and training integrate technology with the human user. Unit organization and an operational pause capability maintain the human-centric orientation. Companies have placed a renewed emphasis on intelligence as recent regulations provide for a transparency of information.The end result is an information intensive organization that functions at a high operational tempo. By observing network-centric operations of investment companies, the gap between Network-Centric Warfare concept and application can be bridged. The Network-Centric Warfare concept has extensively used civilian sector models during development. As the transition from concept to application occurs, these civilian sector models should be further utilized for insights into network-centric operation.Stock market investment companies maintain the human-centric approach to their network-centric operations.The focus of technology, organization, and intelligence is with the human user in mind.By observing networkcentric operations of investment companies, the gap from Network-Centric Warfare concept to application can effectively be bridged.