Decision Analysis and its Application to the Naval Education and Training Command. Final Report.

Abstract

As part of the Design of Training Systems project, the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, was assigned a sixfold task by the Training Analysis and Evaluation Group: (1) analyse the functional description of the Naval Education Training and Command (NAVEDTRACOM) from the standpoint of how decisions are made; (2) review the literature bearing on decision theory as applied to large-scale organizations; (3) develop a taxonomy of the types of decisions made by managers within the NAVEDTRACOM; (4) develop criteria for evaluating decisions within the NAVEDTRACOM; (5) develop recommendations for improving the present decision-making process; and (6) develop a description of the optimum method of decision-making. Findings on each point are summarized, along with recommendations for future decision-making policies and implementation strategies. (SK)