Vojenské Rozhledy

Czech Military Review

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 4/2010: 49-54

Analytical Thinking and Team Leadership in Intelligence AnalysisMilitary art

Doc. Ing. Oldřich Horák, CSc.

This paper deals with aspects of intelligence analysis that very often influence the quality of intelligence information utilized by end users. Such analysis requires not only analytical thinking, but also specific experiences of all personnel exploiting collected information. The same body of information may result in multiple analytic products, with different security classifications, time scales, and level of detail. The result of this process is an analytical product - evaluation without any idle speculation and pseudo prophecy. Evaluation and interpretation must describe up-to-date conditions and demonstrate the clusters of future images with alternative developments. Reasonable evaluation reduces uncertainty and makes user's decision easier. At the end the author concentrates on rules of analytical team control and management.

Keywords: Intelligence services, analysis, information

Published: December 15, 2010  Show citation

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Horák, O. (2010). Analytical Thinking and Team Leadership in Intelligence Analysis. Czech Military Review, 91(4), 49-54
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