ELICIT Experiment: Eliciting Organizational Effectiveness and Efficiency under Shared Belief

摘要

The United States Military has undertaken a five year experiment to better understand shared belief in hierarchical and self-organizing organizations. Through the ELICIT framework, data collected from a sample of thirty-four cadets operating in the one hour exercise indicates that hierarchical organizations more effectively promote ubiquity of correct shared beliefs. Because of omitted variable bias in the linear models available, organizational efficiency analysis was inconclusive. Self-organizing networks, however, are demonstrated as likely more efficient than hierarchical networks once experimental modifications are made. The intent of this paper is to provide preliminary analysis of the first iteration of ELICIT experiments, and to submit a methodology for analyzing organizational efficiency and effectiveness under a shared belief concept.