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Written by Acquisition Chair
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Established
in 2003, Naval Postgraduate School’s Acquisition Research
Program provides leadership in innovation, creative problem solving
and an on-going dialogue, contributing to the evolution of Department
of Defense acquisition strategies.
Objectives of
the NPS Acquisition Research Program include:
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Establishing NPS acquisition research as an integral part of policy-making
for Departments of Defense and Navy officials.
- Creating
a stream of relevant information concerning the performance of
DOD acquisition policies with viable recommendations for continuous
process improvement.
- Preparing
the workforce to participate in the continued evolution of the
defense acquisition process.
- Collaborating
with other universities, think tanks, industry and Government
in acquisition research.
Historically,
the operating forces of the U.S. military look to the past for lessons
learned when developing new strategies. With evolving technologies,
world events and increased collaborative efforts globally, the challenge
is to apply lessons learned to produce a coherent and executable
framework for continued success in military operations.
In achieving
this end state, the process followed is important. The emerging
strategy should be developed in a free and open forum that invites
innovation and debate while maintaining intellectual rigor. An approach
such as this is also of value to the business processes of the Department
of Defense
(DOD). Specifically, the DOD acquisition system would benefit from
an ongoing dialogue among practitioners, scholars and students of
the process.
The faculty
of the Graduate School of
Business and Public Policy (GSBPP) at the Naval
Postgraduate School (NPS) are particularly well positioned to
make a major contribution to such a dialogue. Additionally, the
students enrolled in the MBA program stand to gain immensely from
participation in these discussions via their MBA professional projects and Annual Acquisition Research Symposium held each May in Monterey, California.
Through research and creative problem solving on defense related
topics, GSBPP provides a major source of analytical capability for the Department of
Defense.
A full spectrum of research is envisioned for the faculty
and students of the GSBPP and collaborating partners ranging from scholarly
efforts published in relevant peer reviewed journals to articles in acquisition
related periodicals and more application oriented student projects. This range of research will contribute to the
dialogue of the DOD acquisition community, be an important element in the
continued accreditation of the GSBPP and ground the future DOD acquisition
workforce in the issues of the day.
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