LOGISTICS RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE,

Abstract

The United States Air Force provides a tremendously complex and challenging setting for management science. Many useful contributions have been made to the management of the logistics system through the application of research techniques. However, in many ways the surface has been barely scratched. One lesson, above all, persists from this experience -- the effort must be consistent and undeterred. It is very difficult to change an organization as large as the Air Force very rapidly, and it is even more important that the changes be in the right direction. Caution on the part of the scientist and the customer is therefore a desirable strategy. At the same time, the demands on the Air Force managers are becoming more challenging and difficult. Their need for assistance from management science is growing proportionately. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 29, 1959
Accession Number
AD0616426

Entities

People

  • Murray A. Geisler

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Deployment
  • Logistics
  • Military Forces (United States)
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Tactics
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Scientific Organizations
  • Scientists
  • Supply Chain Management
  • United States

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Strategic Security Studies