An Assessment of Collaborative Capacity of Three Organizations within Defense Acquisition

Abstract

The leadership within the defense acquisition arena recognizes that interorganizational 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 with 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 16, 2008
Accession Number
ADA494223

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
  • Defense Systems
  • Electronic Mail
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Public Policy
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.