How much is enough? shaping the defense program, 1961-1969
A work of enduring value and lasting relevance, this book is both a classic account of the application of powerful ideas to the problem of managing the Department of Defense (DoD) and a cautionary history of the controversies inspired by that successful effort. Robert S. McNamara took office in 1961...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, CA :
Rand Corp
2005.
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| Edition: | New ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426456906719 |
| Summary: | A work of enduring value and lasting relevance, this book is both a classic account of the application of powerful ideas to the problem of managing the Department of Defense (DoD) and a cautionary history of the controversies inspired by that successful effort. Robert S. McNamara took office in 1961 convinced that the Secretary of Defense, rather than the services, should control the evaluation of military needs and should choose among alternatives for meeting those needs. His device was a new system for allocating defense resources, the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS), whic |
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| Item Description: | "MG-407." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (395 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-348) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781282451278 9786612451270 9780833048141 |
