An Assessment of Collaborative Capacity of Three Organizations within Defense Acquisition

Abstract

The leadership within the defense acquisition arena recognizes that inter-organizational collaboration is pivotal to equipping the Warfighter, on schedule and on budget, with capabilities for combating global threats to national security. In order to understand the enablers and the barriers to collaboration within the defense acquisition environment, this research project presents survey results from three participating defense acquisition organizations. An assessment of these results provides the participating offices insights into their operations as they interact with other organizations in the acquisition process to achieve mutual goals. Finally, this research project strives to contribute to the development of a tool that can be used by other defense acquisition entities to identify their collaborative strengths and weaknesses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA494120

Entities

People

  • Jeremiah N. Kirschman
  • Michele M. Laporte

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Public Administration
  • Public Policy
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design