Moral, welfare and recreation : a financial management guide for the field activity comptroller.

Abstract

The focus of the thesis is to identify the functions and responsibilities of the Navy field activity comptroller, and to develop a comprehensive financial management guide of the Morale, Welfare and Recreation program. Specifically, the thesis examines the role of the comptroller in the distribution, management and budgeting of MWR funds, determines MWR comptroller requirements and offers useful-and practical recommendations to effectively budget and manage MWR funds. The MWR Financial Management Guide will be incorporated in the Practical Comptrollership Course I PCC) offered by the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA and offered to comptrollers in the field as a management tool.