An Examination of the Army Initiative to Refocus the Resource Management Process on Output.

Abstract

The Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System employed by the Army is seen as deficient in that it does not provide systematic feedback to decision makers. Feedback is essential if the Army leadership is to evaluate and improve the quality of their decisions. To that end the Office of the Comptroller of the Army has developed a concept called the Output-Oriented Resource Management System (OORMS) to correct that deficiency. The purpose of this paper is to examine OORMS as a concept and, based on interviews, search of available literature, and responses to an Army-wide survey of resource management professionals, offer some conclusions as to the viability of the concept. To the extent that problems are identified, recommended solutions are also offered. It is concluded that OORMS is indeed a viable concept but that changes may be needed to bring about its timely and effective implementation. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 22, 1985
Accession Number
ADA157593

Entities

People

  • G. G. Kellum Iii

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Judgment
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Resource Management
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • Workload

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  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.