What the Army needs to know to align its operational and institutional activities : executive summary / Frank Camm [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Camm, Frank A., 1949-

Contributor:

Cook, Cynthia R., 1965-

Masi, Ralph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--Reorganization.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xl, 280 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2007.

Summary:

The Army must transform its institutional activities to align them with operating forces to improve support and release resources from institutional activities. This document provides a model for evaluating value chains to promote the alignment of needs and resources according to three representational institutional Army activities: medical services, enlisted accessioning, and short-term acquisition.

Contents:

Ch. 1: Introduction ch. 2: The institutional Army and its place in the U.S. Army ch. 3: Leadership views on change in the institutional Army ch. 4: Translating leadership priorities into metrics ch. 5: Medical services ch. 6: Enlisted personnel accessioning ch. 7: Short-term acquisition initiatives ch. 8: Conclusions Appendix A: Relevant aspects of emerging changes in the operating force Appendix B: Simple three-sector input-output model of the Army Appendix C: Major objectives of the Army campaign plan relevant to the institutional Army Appendix D: More on linking metrics to a value chain Appendix E: Background on Army medical services Appendix F: Army strategic management system