An evaluation of the adequacy of the financial management and budgeting training provided to ground supply officers in the United States Marine Corps
Loading...
Authors
Herkenham, Robert J.
Subjects
Financial management
Budgeting
Training
Marine Corps ground supply officers
Budgeting
Training
Marine Corps ground supply officers
Advisors
McCaffery, Jerry
Date of Issue
1985-12
Date
December 1985
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis evaluates the adequacy of the financial management and budgeting training provided to ground supply officers in the United States Marine Corps. Data, based on the responses to a questionnaire, were compiled to summarize the perspective of operating unit supply officers regarding their financial management/budgeting training. This information is contrasted with data obtained during interviews with selected financial managers in the operating forces regarding
their views on the performance levels of supply officers relative to their financial and budgeting
duties. The author concludes that the current financial training is not adequate considering the scope of a supply officer's duties at the operating unit level. The author recommends: (1) that the training be expanded to approximately twice its current instruction length and include practical application exercises and (2) that professional financial managers, not supply personnel, conduct the financial/budgeting instruction at the ground supply officers course.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Administrative Sciences
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
70 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.