Journal of
Defense Resources Management
Indexed by:
JoDRM Volume 2, Issue no. 1 (2), April 2011
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ECONOMIC FORCE STRUCTURE AND VETERANS William HATCH Lecturer, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA |
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| World tolerance of risk and waiting while potentially ominous situations develop is manifestly lower now than it has been in the past. As a nation contemplates the use of force in the role of first responder to a crisis, it must have in place the ability to surge on short notice. All things being equal, it is easier, cheaper, and more militarily effective to surge deployed forces than it is to deploy forces from home. However, there is an inherent tension between the desire to push more troops forward and being able to maintain a reservoir of capability to draw on in a crisis. Understanding and addressing this tension, particularly in smaller nations, is discussed here. | |
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economic, force structure, veterans |
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REORGANIZING ROMANIA’S MILITARY TREAD WATER FIRST, THEN SWIM Dr. Donald MACCUISH LTC, USA, ret.,Associate Professor, Leadership and Ethics Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112 |
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| My first question to the reader is what is Romania’s Grand Strategy? By Grand Strategy I mean the employment of all instruments of power (e.g. diplomatic, informational, military, and economic) available for the furtherance of its security and national interests. Security and national interests include both foreign and domestic. I contend that the designers of a nation’s grand strategy ought to include representatives of the major political parties, civilian leaders in the areas of the Foreign Service, public affairs, and economic matters, as well as the Ministry of Defense. Without a unified grand strategy how does a nation develop a comprehensive National Security Strategy and then how does the Ministry of Defense construct a National Military Strategy? | |
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reorganization, Grand Strategy, security, national interest, power |
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DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE ARMED FORCES IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY CASE STUDIES OF NEW DEMOCRACIES Florina Cristiana (Cris) MATEI Lecturer, Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) Naval Postgraduate School (NPS),Monterey, CA, USA |
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| The purpose of this article is to contribute to a better understanding of the contemporary value for democracy of the relationship between elected leaders and the armed forces. Hence, it focuses on the military effectiveness dimension of the CMR. It discusses why it is important and what newer democracies can do to successfully develop effective armed forces. The article provides “lessons learned/best practices” of achieving effectiveness from three developing democracies - Chile, Hungary, and, Mongolia. | |
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civil-military relations, defense institution building, military effectiveness, lessons learned, developing democracy |
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STRATEGIC COMBINED JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND THE BALANCE BETWEEN NATIONAL AND COMMON INTEREST Florin NEGULESCU 1st Special Operation Forces Battalion, Romania |
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| This paper’s purpose is to explore how the relation between national interest and common interest of different countries determine them to build a transnational military alliance in order to achieve common strategic aims by launching strategic combined joint special operations. Those common strategic aims are composed, in variable percentages, of the partners’ national goals. The use of special operations for achieving national objectives is made after all political possibilities are ruled out and when using conventional forces is neither necessary nor recommended. The balance between the coalition’s common interest and member states’ national interest influences the strength of the partnership. There are three types of relations between the common interest of the coalition and the national interest of a state: direct, complementary, and opportunistic relationships. | |
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| joint special operations, common interest, national interest | |
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Brasov, Romania |
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| Sensitivity analysis represents such a well known and deeply analyzed subject that anyone to enter the field feels like not being able to add anything new. Still, there are so many facets to be taken into consideration.The paper introduces the reader to the various ways sensitivity analysis is implemented and the reasons for which it has to be implemented in most analyses in the decision making processes. Risk analysis is of outmost importance in dealing with resource allocation and is presented at the beginning of the paper as the initial cause to implement sensitivity analysis. Different views and approaches are added during the discussion about sensitivity analysis so that the reader develops an as thoroughly as possible opinion on the use and UTILITY of the sensitivity analysis. Finally, a round-up conclusion brings us to the question of the possibility of generating the future and analyzing it before it unfolds so that, when it happens it brings less uncertainty. | |
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sensitivity analysis, risk analysis, decision making process, scenario planning |
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THE NEW STRATEGIC CONCEPT NATO 2010 Marin ILIE LT GEN (ret) professor, PhD National Defense University “Carol I”, Romania PhD Ion GHEORGHE Lawyer, The Bar of Bucharest, Romania Ana Mona ILIE Lecturer, PhD, National Defense University “Carol I”, Romania |
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| NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) – OTAN (Organisation du Traité de l’Atlantique Nord) has been, since its estabslishment, oustandingly receptive to the international security environment developments and has always altered its strategy and strategic concepts in order to meet the afferent challenges, with an emphasis on its purely defensive character. The most favorable moment of this kind have been its summits: Rome (1991), Washington (1999) and Lisbon (2010), on which our paper will focus. The greats mutations in the last decade have called for the creation of the new strategic concept NATO 2010, developed in the Lisbon summit declaration of 19-20 November 2010. | |
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concept, strategic, declaration, defensive, summit, evolution, international security environment. |
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THE SECOND REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS Laurian GHERMAN “Henri Coanda”Air Force Academy, Brasov, Romania |
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| The four components of the OODA loop can be split into three which are associated with processing information, and one which is associated with movement and application of firepower. Observation-Orientation-Decision is information centric while Action is kinetic or centered in movement, and firepower. Armed with a general understanding of the concepts of Information Superiority and Network Centric Warfare, enterprising individuals and organizations are developing new ways of accomplishing their missions by leveraging the power of information and applying network-centric concepts. Creating a military structure based on NCW concept represent the first revolution in military affairs. Most of the weapons used are based on an old technology which achieved a maximum level of evolution. In order to increase the envelope of that weapons in term of mobility, firepower and precision other technology should been created. On the other hand all weapons are based on oil fuel for mobility and chemical energy on fire power. For that reasons a second revolution in military affaires should happen. | |
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revolution in military affaires, network centric warfare, information warfare, railgun |
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THE POST SADDAM HUSSEIN IRAQ A SECURITY OUTLOOK Laurenţiu-Cristian DUMITRU COL PhD, Ministry of National Defense, Romania |
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| The stabilization and reconstruction efforts of Iraq are part of a broad strategy of the international community. The latter’s focus is on countering the asymmetrical threats stemming from the new challenges, vulnerabilities and risks at play within the international security environment. At regional level, namely in Iraq, such aspects are even more pressing due to the disappearance of a repressive government that left room for airing out ethnic and religious divergences. However, despite the overall insecurity climate characterizing the post Saddam Hussein Iraq, some progress has been made towards the post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction of this country. Hence, the focus of this paper is on outlining these efforts and their results, as well as on describing the Romanian contribution to such endeavours. | |
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stabilization, reconstruction, Iraqi Governing Council, lessons learned, interoperability |
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QUALITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS METHODS IN AVIATION PROJECTS Cătălin CIOACĂ Junior Lecturer, “Henri Coandă” Air Force Academy, Braşov, Romania |
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| This paper provides information to project managers and project teams that will help with their risk management efforts in the following ways: provide a consistent methodology for performing project risk management activities, provide techniques and tools for project risk management, identify data requirements for risk analysis input and for output, and provide guidance on how to proactively respond to risks. The research will outline a few of the qualitative methods commonly used in project risk management and also accomplishes the comparative evaluation of different methods using multi-criteria analysis. Understanding of project risks will better enable project teams to contribute to the fulfillment of public service through assessing project risk and uncertainty to aide in making decisions regarding aviation project development and delivery. These decisions contribute to public safety and the projects we deliver add value on many levels. Qualitative risk analysis assesses the impact and likelihood of the identified risks and develops prioritized lists of these risks for further analysis or direct mitigation. The team assesses each identified risk for its probability of occurrence and its impact on project objectives. Project teams may elicit assistance from subject matter experts or functional units to assess the risks in their respective fields. | |
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risk management, aviation project, qualitative analysis |
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COMPUTERIZED MODEL OF RISK MANAGEMENT IN BUSINESS Petrişor MANDU Professor, Transylvania University, School of Economic Studies, Romania |
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| The occurrence of risk situation and the manager’s awareness of it are serious threats for the organization and its objectives. Consequently, the manager has to have available, analyze, select and interpret many pieces of information, under stress, before making a decision for avoiding a disaster. Under these circumstances, a computerized model of risk management is the most adequate solution to make the intervention possibilities effective through a quicker and more accurate intervention. The model offers enough confidence and a favorable psychological state for managing risk. In accordance with this model, the risk manager processes the information by means of some operational (mathematical) methods and that favors reaching optimum solutions in the shortest delay, based on some estimated anticipations through a rational model. | |
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risk, decision-making, computerized model, business |
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ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO THE MODERN LOGISTICS OF MILITARY SYSTEMS / EQUIPMENT Vasile ŞERBĂNESCU*, Atena VIŢĂLUŞ** *Armaments Department, Romania **Control and Inspection Corps, Romania |
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| The nations that achieve cyberpower will command influence in global affairs economically, culturally, militarily, and politically in the decades ahead. Military cyberpower is the application of the domain of cyberspace to operational concepts to accomplish military objectives and missions, and influence operations, as well as warfighting. Infotronics Technologies intertwine advanced information and electronics systems intelligence and enable autonomous business functions and objectives through the use of internet and other tether-free technologies (i.e. wireless, web,…). The modern logistics of military systems / equipment imply core technologies such as Watchdog Agent for Predictive Prognostics, Web-enabled Smart D2B (device to business), Platform and Tools for Data Transformation, Optimization, and Synchronization, Applied Wireless Technologies and Logistics Infotronics Agent (LIA). The hereby article argues that traceability, predictability and diagnosticability through advanced technologies will lead the armed forces to the life cycle logistics approach for interoperability and optimal cost of military systems / equipment. | |
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life cycle logistics, cyberspace, robotics, logistics infotronics agent. |
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| The importance of taking effective strategic decisions is very easy to understand, but in the same time it is difficult to be achieved, because it requires reforms that modify both senior leader decision-making styles and organizational structure. The decision-making process is familiar to everybody, being applied in almost all aspects of our public or private lives, at an individual or aggregate (organizational) level. This paper presents many interesting issues related with strategic decision-making process, like a discussion about the decision-making process in the military. Also presents ways to increase the efficiency of strategic management, by debating whether the rational analytical approach or the intuitive way of thinking is preferable and if finding a satisfactory solution is suitable than searching for the best possible alternative. | |
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| decision-making process, strategic decisions, organizations. | |
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Bucharest, Romania |
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| The paper is centered upon the student as a source of learning for the language teacher and the biunivocal, teacher-student, student-teacher knowledge and experience transfer, in the context of life-long learning and the development of motivational strategies related to military foreign language education. | |
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life-long learning, adult education, teacher development, motivational strategies |
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THE IMPORTANCE OF MEASURING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE TO INCREASE ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE Ecaterina Livia TĂTAR Lecturer, PhD, Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies, Brasov, Romania |
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| Management theory and practice suggest a wide range of instruments used in organizations in order to measure performance, whether individual or organizational. The purpose of this paper is to mention some of these tools, with an emphasis on the balanced scorecard. Although numerous organizations have adopted the balanced scorecard as a means to increase organizational performance, few of them have succeeded in making it really work. Moreover, individual performance appraisal is often regarded as a coercive instrument rather than a procedure meant to foster the employee’s performance which, in turn, should contribute to enhancing the organization’s overall performance. The hereby article aims at highlighting some of the advantages, as well as shortcomings of the balanced scorecard, followed by drawing conclusions regarding the way in which the balanced scorecard can and must contribute to organization’s well being. | |
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organizational performance,individual performance, measurement, appraisal, balanced scorecard. |
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CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO MEASURING LABOR PRODUCTIVITY Maria CONSTANTINESCU Lecturer, Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies, Brasov, Romania |
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| Assessing the productivity of factors of production has been a key issue for economists for many decades, as the development and well-being of a govenrment sector, industry or company have been very early on linked to the way in which inputs are used in order to produce outputs. In this respect, the main aim is to use the available (and often scarce) resources (human, material, capital, information etc) in the most efficient and effective manner as to generate the most output; in othr words, to optimize te use of resources in order to produce the desired results. | |
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input, output, factors of production, productivity |
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THE NECESSITY OF USING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS Brînduşa Maria POPA Junior Lecturer, Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies, Brasov, Romania |
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| Strategic planning is more than ensuring the organization will remain financially sound, it is projecting where your organization expects to be in five or more years and the way the organization will get there. Planning does not only focus on developing goals and objectives but also on accomplishing them. And what better way to see that a goal has been accomplished than to measure the performance. Obtaining results does not always equal obtaining performance, that is why there should be established some metrics against which to measure the results and success of an organization. | |
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information, measurements, performance indicators, strategies, goals, objectives |
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WORKING IN TEAMS -THE EFFICIENCY OF A UNITED TEAM Marius Constantin RALEA Junior Lecturer, “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy, Sibiu, Romania |
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| A team is a collective of people with a minimal number of people with complementary attributes that have the same objective, a performance set of standards and a common approach to work. The team is a group of people under the management of a leader that fulfill at the same time a job and a common action. The team constitutes a component of social life made with people who interact, who know themselves and form together a common identity. | |
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leader, management, team, team-work |
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