Assessing the value of U.S. Army international activities / / Jefferson P. Marquis ... [et al.].
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 effe...
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| Superior document: | Rand Corporation Monograph |
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| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Rand Corporation Monograph
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
| Notes: | "Prepared for the United States Army." |
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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