00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.821096 CaOODSP 20240219183430 cr ||||||||||| 160714s2013 onc|||||o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- D68-4/015-2013E-PDF Tikuisis, Peter, 1952- Operationalizing the insertion of psychosocial factors in operational planning [electronic resource] / by Peter Tikuisis. [Ottawa] : Defence Research and Development Canada, c2013. vi, 14 p. : figures. Technical report ; 2013-015 "December 2013." Includes bibliographical references. The consideration of psychosocial effects in operational planning has received considerable attention, especially in the recent conduct of the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns. Specifically, an escalation of effort towards winning “hearts and minds” vs. defeating an insurgency by kinetic means alone has placed significant expectations on understanding the psychosocial dimension of the indigenous population in theatre. This report addresses the insertion of this dimension into the operational planning process, especially for counterinsurgency. It begins with a high level view of the planning-execution cycle that qualifies the consideration of psychosocial factors, followed by descriptive planning guidance that quantifies the application and assessment of these factors, and closes with a discussion on the validity of this approach. gccst Technical reports Counterinsurgency Non-kinetic effects Defence R&D Canada. Technical report (Defence R&D Canada) 2013-015 (CaOODSP)9.820558 PDF 574 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/rddc-drdc/D68-4-015-2013-eng.pdf