An Exploration of Leadership and Organizational Theories for Consideration to Improve Effectiveness and Efficiency as the Army Acquisition Community Adapts to Change
Abstract
Army Acquisition is an institutional element that supports the Army's Operational force by providing and sustaining materiel to enable capabilities. The successful balance of requirements, resources, and the acquisition process leads to the delivery of new materiel to the Army. In 2017, the Army initiated a series of actions that led to the formation of the Army Futures Command (AFC) and altered both the ways and means for how the Army establishes requirements and the acquisition processes. The initiation of AFC addressed the Army's current highest modernization priorities with a focus on supporting technology development and prototyping to inform the system requirements for follow-on 'programs of record'. The prior, current, and future organizational and process changes to the ways and means of conducting Army Acquisition has one common goal; provide effective capabilities to the combat commands as efficiently as possible to support the needs of our Nation. The goal of this paper is to provide evidence on the continuous change within the Army Acquisition activity, and to provide an exploration of theories and different frames of thought as related to organizational behavior, thinking, and change from within and outside of the Department of Defense (DoD). Knowledge, resilience, adaptability, and experience are important attributes when working within the acquisition community. In addition, continuous self-inspection, learning, and formulating actions to achieve goals offers all participants the opportunity to learn from failure and success, expand their own and their team's capabilities, improve for the next opportunity, and in a word, change.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1143836
Entities
People
- Michael J. Burke
Organizations
- Defense Acquisition University