Issues in defence management

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Queen's policy studiesPublication details: Kingston, Ont.: Queen's University, School of Policy studies, 1998Description: 121pISBN:
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Subject(s): Summary: A collection of papers presented at a symposium held in 1997 to consider the changes that are directing the ways and means of defence management in the post-Cold War era. Management issues covered include: examination of ministry of defence models and practice; defence reforms to find efficiencies in organisation and methods; scarce resource allocation; educating the managers.Chapter 1 provides an introduction to defence management issues; chapter 2 looks a reforms in New Zealand defence management; chapter 3 examines defence management in the UK; chapter 4 covers defence budgeting; chapter 5 draws upon US experience in defence resources management education; chapter 6 provides a detailed overview of military educational reform in Hungary, with appendices which outline e.g. requirements of the military officer education, organizational structures of military colleges, and comparison o programs.
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A collection of papers presented at a symposium held in 1997 to consider the changes that are directing the ways and means of defence management in the post-Cold War era. Management issues covered include: examination of ministry of defence models and practice; defence reforms to find efficiencies in organisation and methods; scarce resource allocation; educating the managers.Chapter 1 provides an introduction to defence management issues; chapter 2 looks a reforms in New Zealand defence management; chapter 3 examines defence management in the UK; chapter 4 covers defence budgeting; chapter 5 draws upon US experience in defence resources management education; chapter 6 provides a detailed overview of military educational reform in Hungary, with appendices which outline e.g. requirements of the military officer education, organizational structures of military colleges, and comparison o programs.

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