Corporate Information Management and Business Process Improvement under the Unit Cost Program: An Analysis of a System for the Air Force Institute of Technology

Abstract

DOD has been undergoing changes toward a competitive business-type environment as a result of the Packard Commission and -the Goldwater-Nichols Act. As a result of the Goldwater-Nichols Act, two programs directly affect the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT): Defense Management Report Decision 971, better known as the Defense Business Operations Fund (DBOF); and, the Corporate Information Management (CIM) initiative. DBOF requires that organizations provide unit cost per output figures as the basis for organizational funding. Unit cost resourcing changes the way federal managers manage and allocate resources, and promotes quality management and continuous improvement principles. Defense Information Management recognizes information as a resource to be managed. CIM initiatives use information as the basis to improve the way organizations operate. This research effort Purports to identify strategic level requirements that will allow the establishment of an integrated information system which will provide AFIT insight into the cost and value of their products and services.... Defense Business Operation Fund(DBOF), Corporate Information Management(CIM), Information systems, Information engineering.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA258984

Entities

People

  • Fredrick T. Ziegler Ii
  • Kevin D. Kettell

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programs
  • Distance Learning
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government and Public Administration Law.