Air Force Procurement Workforce Transformation Lessons from the Commercial Sector for Skills, Training, and Metrics,9780833036483

Air Force Procurement Workforce Transformation Lessons from the Commercial Sector for Skills, Training, and Metrics

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ISBN13: 9780833036483
ISBN10: 0833036483
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-12-27
Publisher(s): RAND Corporation
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Summary

To assist the Air Force in the process of significantly changing the way it purchases goods and services, this monograph reviews related commerical-sector framework of metrics to track progress and refine procurement-workforce-development efforts over time.

Table of Contents

Preface iii
Figures
xi
Tables
xiii
Summary xv
Acknowledgments xxi
Abbreviations and Acronyms xxiii
Introduction
1(8)
Background
1(4)
Research Approach
5(1)
Preview of Findings
6(1)
Organization of the Report
7(2)
An Analysis of Activities and Skills for the Air Force's Future Procurement Workforce
9(12)
Information Sources
10(1)
Commodity Councils and Their Activities
10(4)
Skills Needed for Commodity Council Members
14(1)
Sufficiency of Current Air Force and DoD Training for Commodity Council Skills
15(2)
DAU Curriculum
15(1)
AFIT Curriculum
16(1)
Assessment of Current Training
17(4)
Commercial Sector Training for Purchasing and Supply Management Professionals
21(12)
Guiding Principles for Purchasing and Supply Management Training Programs
21(3)
Examples from the Literature
24(3)
SmithKline Beecham
24(1)
Harley-Davidson
25(1)
United Technologies Corporation
26(1)
Examples from Interviews
27(3)
Firm A
27(1)
Firm B
28(2)
Synthesis of Findings
30(3)
Metrics for Air Force Procurement Workforce Transformation
33(18)
Metrics Framework
34(1)
Metrics for Level Two: Contracting Outcomes
35(6)
Contract-Level Outcomes
36(4)
Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Contracting Organization
40(1)
Metrics for Level Three: Application Outcomes
41(4)
Implementation of Purchasing and Supply Management Activities
42(3)
Metrics for Level Four: Individual Learning Outcomes
45(2)
Standardized Testing
45(1)
Subjective Evaluation
46(1)
Metrics for Level Five: Training Outcomes
47(2)
Training Quality
47(2)
Provision of Training
49(1)
Overarching Considerations
49(2)
Summary and Directions for Future Research
51(36)
Summary
51(1)
Topics for Future Research
52(3)
APPENDIX
A. Detailed Lists of Commodity Council Activities
55(6)
B. Detailed List of Skills for Commodity Council Activities
61(4)
C. Mapping of Activities to Specific Skills
65(8)
D. DAU and AFIT Training Assessment Approach
73(2)
E. Defense Procurement ``Competency'' List for the 21st Century Acquisition Workforce
75(6)
F. Training Methods, Training Resources, and Organizations That Offer Training
81(6)
Bibliography 87

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