Who is the Senior Civilian Air Force Logistician?
Abstract
Today's Air Force logistician must be able to manage the operation and support of weapon systems from a total system perspective. Lt Gen Leo Marquez, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics and Engineering, HQ USAF, has suggested senior logisticians may be unprepared to manage weapon systems due to a lack of general, total system skills. These senior logisticians may actually be specialists in only one of the core logistics functions, i.e., supply, maintenance, transportation, contracting, or logistic planning. Thus, the objective of this research was to determine whether senior civilian logisticians are specialists or generalists. A survey was sent to all GS-GM-15s and Senior Executive Service in the Logistics Management Specialist (-346) job series. The survey information was individually reviewed by a panel of five experts and each respondent was classified as either a specialist or generalist. Subsequent analysis of the panel's results yielded an empirical description of today's senior civilian Air Force logisticians. The panel's findings, a composite description of senior logistics managers, and suggested Air Force applications are presented.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA161735
Entities
People
- Dawn L. Wilson
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology