Conference Report: Overcoming the Disincentives to Modernization in the Defense Industry

Abstract

The Procurement Committee of the National Security Industrial Association held its annual winter meeting on 7-10 February 1988. The meeting was attended by more than one hundred Procurement Committee members and individuals from government and the private sector. The theme for the conference was 'Overcoming the Disincentives to the Modernization in the Defense Industry'. The conference addressed two questions: 1) What are the most vexing issues? 2) What actions could (must) be taken by industry and the executive and legislative branches to overcome these problems? This conference report documents the keynote address by Mr. Thomas J. Murrin, Distinguished Service Professor in Management and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, along with panel sessions on the topics of 'Regulatory and Statutory Direction of Acquisition' and 'Financial Aspects of Disincentives to Modernization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA206391

Entities

People

  • William E. Hefley

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Defense Industry
  • Engineers
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Human Behavior
  • Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Motivation
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Software Development

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Economics