Assessing the value of U.S. Army international activities / / Jefferson P. Marquis ... [et al.].

• Superior document: Rand Corporation Monograph
• TeilnehmendeR: Marquis, Jefferson P.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Rand Corporation Monograph
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (173 p.)
• Notes: "Prepared for the United States Army."

A number of important steps have been taken in recent years to improve the planning and management of Army International Activities (AIA). Still, a need remains, and is widely recognized, for a high-level assessment mechanism to allocate AIA resources more efficiently, execute AIA programs more effectively, and highlight the contributions of AIA to the National Military Strategy, the DoD Security Cooperation Guidance, and The Army Plan. This report presents a framework for assessing the value of the Army's non-combat interactions with other militaries. It provides an overview of AIA programs a

Table of Contents

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter One - Introduction; Security Cooperation and U.S. Army InternationalActivities; Overview of U.S. Government Security CooperationPlanning; System for Measuring AIA Effectiveness; Organization of the Document; Chapter Two - Measuring the Performance of Government Programs; Federal Measurement Requirements; Purposes of Performance Measurement; Applying Performance Measurement to SecurityCooperation; Principles of AIA Assessment; The Way Forward; Chapter Three - AIA Ends and Ways

A Method for Deriving ObjectivesEight Ends of Army International Activities; AIA Ways; Ends-Ways Matrix; Chapter Four - Linking Ways to Ends; Theoretical Approach to Establishing Linkages; Background Conditions; From Linkages to Indicators; Practical Approach to Developing Indicators; Transforming Indicators into Measures; Chapter Five - Army International Activities Knowledge Sharing System; Practical Concerns; Strategy for Building AIAKSS; Detailed Description of AIAKSS; AIAKSS Issues; Integrating AIAKSS into the DoD Assessment Realm; Conclusion; Chapter Six - AIA Test Cases; Introduction

U.S. Army Medical DepartmentNational Guard Bureau State Partnership Program; U.S. Army South; Conclusion; Chapter Seven - Concluding Observations; AIA Lessons Learned; How Should AIAKSS Information Be Used?; Issues in Applying AIAKSS; Appendix; Bibliography