The program (or project) manager is that individual in the defense-industry complex who integrates the military and industrial efforts involved in the development and acquisition of weaponry.
2.
KoontzHarold, “Making Sense of Management Theory,”Harvard Business Review, July-Aug. 1962.
3.
“Systems Analysis and the Navy,”Naval Review 1965, U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland.
4.
Ibid., p. 19.
5.
SeligmanDaniel, “McNamara's Management Revolution,”Fortune, July 1965.
6.
Ibid.
7.
This point may be illustrated by examining the life cycle of a given weapon system, viz., four phases: Conception, definition, acquisition, and operation. This life cycle begins with an idea or concept, progresses through definition and production, and ends when the weapon system is retired from the operational inventory of the military department.
8.
AbramsJohn W., “Commentary,”Management Science, Oct. 1962, p. B-4.
9.
LynnLaurence E.Jr., “Systems Analysis—Challenge to Military Management” (unpublished document, U.S. Army Management School, Fort Belvoir, Va.).
10.
BrodieBernard, “A Review of William W. Kaufman's The McNamara Strategy,”World Politics, Mar. 1965, p. 2.
