A Comparison of the marginal cost of commissioning officers through the U.S. Naval Academy, Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, and Officer Candidate School

dc.contributor.advisorMehay, Stephen L.
dc.contributor.authorStrano, Michael A.
dc.contributor.corporateNaval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Administrative Sciences
dc.contributor.secondreaderGates, William R.
dc.dateDecember 1990
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-15T23:11:16Z
dc.date.available2013-02-15T23:11:16Z
dc.date.issued1990-12
dc.description.abstractThis thesis calculates and compares the marginal cost of graduating a naval officer from the United States Naval Academy (USNA), Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC), and Officer Candidate School (OCS). After defining the variable and fixed cost functions for each commissioning source, the total cost, average cost, and marginal cost per graduate are calculated for fiscal year 1989 graduates. Compared to average cost, the marginal cost per Academy graduate is more in line with the marginal cost per graduate for NROTC, and OCS. The results support the conclusion that a majority of the Naval Academy's costs are fixed in the short-run and that savings realized by reducing the number of graduates would be overstated by using average cost. This thesis recommends using marginal cost to estimate savings from reductions in officer accessions in the short-run.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceLieutenant, United States Navyen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/acomparisonofmar1094527681
dc.format.extentviii, 85 p.en_US
dc.identifier.oclcocn591599195
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/27681
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherMonterey, California: Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis 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.en_US
dc.subject.authoren_US
dc.subject.lcshTrainingen_US
dc.subject.lcshCosten_US
dc.titleA Comparison of the marginal cost of commissioning officers through the U.S. Naval Academy, Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, and Officer Candidate Schoolen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineManagementen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameM.S. in Managementen_US
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