Capital Budgeting: Do Private Sector Methods of Budgeting for Capital Assets Have Applicability to the Department of Defense

Abstract

The purpose of this MBA Project is to identify the capital budgeting methods of both the private sector and the Department of Defense. Additionally, the purpose is to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each capital budgeting method and conduct a comparison. The intent is to identify those capital budgeting practices that are used in the private sector, some of which have been implemented in other public sector organizations, which may have merit for implementation in the Federal sector and possibly the Department of Defense. Finally, a set of conclusions and recommendations on how to implement best practices of capital budgeting for the Federal Sector will be presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA443411

Entities

People

  • Lina M. Downing
  • Sean Donohue

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Cost Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • National Governments
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Public Administration
  • Public Policy
  • State Governments
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Economics