ABSTRACT
This chapter takes the NATO SAS-050 Approach Space, a widely accepted model of command and control, and gives each of its primary axes a quantitative measure using Social Network Analysis (SNA). In its most generic sense, command and control is simply the management infrastructure for any large, complex and dynamic resource system. As the description testifies, not all 'management infrastructures are alike', and because of this the label 'command and control' may not in fact be very helpful. Problems that are merely 'complicated' can be characterised by high familiarity, non-dynamic rates of change and consequently a strong information position. At the heart of all the missing links presented is the ability to provide quantitative measures or metrics that relate meaningfully to decision rights, patterns of interaction and dissemination of information. SNA is used to overcome this significant limitation.
