Skills Retention in a Complex Battlefield Management System: A Pilot Study
Skills Retention in a Complex Battlefield Management System: A Pilot Study
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Author(s): Marie A. Cahillane; Caroline Morin
No pages: 8
Year: 2012
Article ID: 15-1-10
Keywords: human factors, information management, skills retention, training and analysis
Format: Electronic (PDF)
Abstract: This paper reports the findings of a pilot study which examined the long-term retention of digital skills in a UK Information Management System (IMS). Empirical evidence suggests that, long periods of non-use of a complex digital system may impact on the retention of the digital skills required to use the system effectively. However, no empirical data was available for a UK system. An experimental trial was conducted with military personnel to investigate skills retention for a UK IMS over a nine-week period.