Knowing and Loving Your KO: A Guide for Program Managers

Abstract

In the OSD Study of Program Manager Training and Experience, program managers gave high marks to their acquisition training concerning Contracting Challenges. But, personal one-on-one interviews with Program Executive Officers and Program Managers caveated that by indicating that they were concerned about how to communicate, and get along with, their contracting officers (KOs). No surprise there. How do we go about achieving that?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2011
Accession Number
AD1016080

Entities

People

  • John Krieger

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Executives
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Educational Psychology
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.