COMDTINST 1520.1
MAY 13 1996
b.
The IRM College prepares leaders to direct the information component of public policy
and to leverage information for strategic advantage in joint, combined, and coalition
warfare. Primary areas of concentration include information-based warfare, business
process reengineering, information technology, and acquisition reform. Students
represent multiple communities including military planners studying the importance of
information to warfighting, functional managers planning for the use of information
within their organizations, information managers performing systems integration
functions, and program managers in the acquisition of communications and computer
systems.
c.
All instruction is conducted by four academic departments:
(1)
The Information-Based Warfare Department considers the use of information in
operational force employment through the study of historical lessons and
possible future warfare scenarios.
(2)
The Department of Information Strategy provides a multi-disciplinary
perspective for functional and IRM executives on policy analysis, planning for
the strategic application of information resources, and the transformation of
organizations and work processes.
(3)
The Department of Information Technology concentrates on the latest advances
in modeling, simulation, artificial intelligence, decision technologies, computer
hardware, computer software, and communications technologies through an
examination of capabilities, uses, and related issues.
(4)
The Systems Acquisition Department examines policies, principles, and issues
surrounding information technology program management and acquisition to
include an analysis of current weaknesses and options for reform.
d.
IRM College programs are designed to provide a dynamic forum where senior
professionals, interacting with the faculty, not only gain knowledge, qualifications, and
competencies for IRM leadership, but contribute to the growth and excellence of the
field itself. The IRM College is divided into three major programs. First, the College
teaches the AMP, a fourteen week course covering
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