Obstacles to the Termination of Air Force Activities.

Abstract

To meet the requirements of the 1985 Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, the Air Force may have to terminate some procurement and research and development programs. This report analyzes the obstacles to the Air Force's use of termination as a management option and suggests how the Air Force might surmount these obstacles. The analysis is based on a review of (1) the literature on the barriers to termination that private-sector firms and government agencies face in trying to terminate major activities; (2) the Air Force's planning and resource-allocation process and (3) the experience of large private firms that had terminated or divested major businesses. The report neither advocates termination for its own sake nor argues for its use in a particular case. The Air Force may conclude that initiating its own terminations may be the best way to keep control over basic decisions about its missions and character. Keywords: Contracts, Management Planning and Control, Air Force Budgets, Air Force Planning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168358

Entities

People

  • Paul T. Hill
  • Susan J. Bodilly
  • Thomas K. Glennan Jr.

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Budgets
  • Case Studies
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Leadership
  • Literature
  • Military Tactics
  • Motivation
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Security

Readers

  • Aerospace Research.
  • Economics
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.