Army contracting workforce development building core competencies and skills

Author
Lene, Christina L.
Poppler, Dawn M.
Date
2014-09Advisor
Rendon, Rene G.
Cox, Wiley R.
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Operational contracting support provided by the Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command to the warfighter includes everything from acquiring the necessary equipment, supplies, and services vital to the mission to the overall well-being of the Army Soldiers and their families. The Army faces issues and challenges throughout the acquisition process, particularly in the contracting career field. Assessing any contracting knowledge gap can be a challenge because of the sheer magnitude of the required knowledge involved in Department of Defense contract management. To capture the data needed to measure and analyze tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge, a knowledge assessment tool was used. Following the distribution of the assessment tool, an analysis of the knowledge gap was performed on multiple demographic categories. This information enables organizations to develop an on the job training task management guide that will not only train contracting personnel in all of the contracting phases but also focus in on the knowledge gaps identified within the research. Furthermore, there will be an increased visibility for supervisors and contracting officers to provide the feedback necessary through supplemental training to ensure the readiness of the contracting specialists within the 1102 career field.
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.Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Air Force Operational Contracting Knowledge Assessment: analyzing explicit and tacit contracting knowledge
Aufderheide, Derek; Maloy, Jeremy; Corrigan, Michael (Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-12);The Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) establishes education and training standards for acquisition personnel. These standards culminate into ascending levels of certification for acquisition professionals ... -
Benchmarking Contract Management Process Maturity: A Case Study of the US Navy
Rendon, Rene G. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015);Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the results of contract management process maturity assessments in the US Navy using a process capability maturity model. The maturity model is used to benchmark an ... -
An examination of technical product knowledge of contracting professionals at Air Force system program offices
Gallagher, Jr., James P. (Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012-12);The acquisition process for the Department of Defense has recently seen acquisition setbacks characterized by cost overruns, schedule delays, and products that do not meet standards. Part of this problem has been attributed ...