Program Management within a Functional Organization.

Abstract

This study addresses the organization, policy and procedures for intensive management in the Naval Air Systems Command. Program management is the application of intensive management systems within the Material Acquisition Group. It is differentiated from Project Management due to its applications within an engineering service organization. The study focus on the nature of the commodities selected for program management, the environment, management policy and implementation, and trade-offs in technical management and management of technical activities. The results indicate that program managment is a hybrid management system which will effectively operate within the organizational constraints (Limited funds and manpower applied to uniquely defined work). Implicit in the evaluation is the successful decentralization of fleet support type engineering functions. Areas of future growth, cost estimating, and training category criteria are identified. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA038002

Entities

People

  • John Allan Reif

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Financial Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Munitions
  • Navy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Project Management
  • Propulsion Systems
  • System Software
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design