Towards a Framework for Understanding Innovation Implementation in the Air Force

Abstract

Innovation is a major way organizations deal with changes in their competitive environment. The Department of Defense (DoD) too is facing incredible changes and challenges within its competitive environments. This situation is requiring the adopting and implementing of many new innovations in an effort to transform the forces to meet the challenges. A key component of the DoD's efforts to transform is in Air Force acquisition and sustainment processes. Digital technical orders are an example of such a sustainment process. The Air Force has mandated it will transform from a paper based technical data environment to a digital one. The success of the implementing such transformational innovations such as digital technical orders is critical to the Air Force's ability to support the overall DoD force transformation efforts. Despite the critical need for successful innovation implementation few studies are found exploring factors that facilitate innovation within DoD, or the Air Force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 2003
Accession Number
ADA415711

Entities

People

  • Howard E. Byrd Jr

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Case Studies
  • Commerce
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Diffusion
  • Diffusion Theory
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Economics