Improving Research and Development Decision-Making for the User.
Abstract
The study examines the research and development management and decisionmaking process of the Department of the Army. Based on the author's experiences, personal interviews and a survey, a determination was made that the management and decisionmaking process in TRADOC needs improvement in the areas of responsiveness and project stability. The primary causes of the unresponsiveness and project vacillation were attributed to rapid of personnel and to the large number of staff organizations and suborganizations that each action must go through before a position was established. The recommendations are that Department of the Army designate user project managers (MSs) from TRADOC assets for major material systems and that TRADOC use these PM's as their single source managers for non-major systems. Personnel would be stabilized in the PM office. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 28, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0783801
Entities
People
- Myron J. Longmore
Organizations
- United States Army War College