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" Air Force procurement workforce transformation : "
John Ausink, Laura Baldwin, Christopher Paul.
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BL
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1002092
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b756462
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Ausink, John A.
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Air Force procurement workforce transformation : : lessons from the commercial sector /\ John Ausink, Laura Baldwin, Christopher Paul.
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Santa Monica, CA :: Rand,, 2004.
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xxiii, 92 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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0833036483
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: 9780833036483
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"MG-214-AF"--Page 4 of cover.
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"Prepared for the United States Air Force."
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"RAND Project Air Force."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-92).
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Introduction -- An analysis of activities and skills for the Air Force's future procurement workforce -- Commercial sector training for purchasing and supply management professionals -- Metrics for Air Force procurementworkforce transformation -- Summary and directions for future research.
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The Air Force is in the process of significantly changing the way it purchases goods and services, with the goals of reducing costs and increasing performance to better support its missions. A procurement transformation division was created to lead these implementation efforts, and the new division highlighted two related areas for particular emphasis: (1) implementation of cross-functional teams (commodity councils) to develop strategies for individual commodity groups and (2) procurement workforce development to support implementation. This monograph reviews commercial-sector commodity council activities and skills. A preliminary review of the Defense Acquisition University's and Air Force Institute of Technology's curricula indicate that they currently cover a number of the needed skills; however, there are fewer, if any, opportunities to learn some of the more-sophisticated skills associated with the new purchasing and supply management practices the Air Force is implementing. The monograph's literature review and commercial sector interviews suggest that training programs tend to be multifunctional, involving personnel with diverse backgrounds that are relevant to new practices. Training programs are matched to learning goals; structured classroom or web-based learning is used to develop foundational skills whereas more-applied forms of learning such as formal on-the-job training (OJT) and mentoring programs are used to develop higher levels of expertise. Finally, the monograph includes a framework of metrics to track progress and refine procurement-workforce-development efforts over time.
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United States.-- Procurement.
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United States.
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Armed Forces-- Procurement.
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358.4/16212/0973
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UG1123.A85 2004
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Baldwin, Laura H.,1967-
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Paul, Christopher,1971-
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United States., Air Force.
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Project Air Force (U.S.)
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