Management Control in Weapons Systems Acquisition.

Abstract

This thesis examines the management function from the perspective of a Navy Weapons Acquisition Program Manager. It is hypothesized that control is a key variable to success. To be in control, a program manager must make significant decisions in the process of fulfilling his basic mission. To be effective, those decisions must be informed decisions. The first half of this thesis effort establishes a conceptual base for the subsequent development of a practical framework for management control in an ongoing acquisition project. Chapters two and three report the results of an analysis of the literature on control and information management. The conceptual study concludes with an examination of two theoretical frameworks, a brief look at the Navy program manager and how he fits into these two frameworks, followed by a summary description of three control systems used in the Navy today. The second half of the effort presents a proposal for a management control system for the FIREBRAND Missile acquisition project, and a model for future efforts in similar circumstances. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA061276

Entities

People

  • Joseph P. Losquadro

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Business Administration
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Systems
  • Management Engineering
  • Management Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management