A Comparative Analysis of Military and Civilian Acquisition Chains

This report examines the military and civilian acquisition authority chains, focusing on their roles in managing investments, programs, and technologies. The military acquisition chain emphasizes procurement and management to support national security and armed forces, aiming to provide necessary products at an affordable price. Conversely, the civilian acquisition chain highlights the Department of Defense's (DOD) acquisition effectiveness by granting broader management control and expanding employee opportunities within a flexible personnel system. The report references the importance of value-added concepts, particularly through the reinvention of the DOD's personnel system. The analysis underscores the differences between the two chains and highlights the importance of understanding their unique characteristics and objectives within the context of defense and national security.

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Introduction to Program and Acquisition Management
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Program and Acquisition Management 2
This paper explores the military and the civilian Acquisition Authority Chain. The two
Acquisition Authority Chains helps the nations in managing the investments, product support,
programs, and technologies. To start with the military acquisition authority chain, it refers to the
bureaucratic procurement and management procedure which is concerned with the investment in
programs, programs, and technologies which supports the nation towards achieving its strategy
in national security as well as supporting the armed forces (Brown, 2010). The significant
objective of the military procedure is to obtain the needed products that fulfill the needs and
issue required improvement to the mission abilities at an affordable price.
On the other hand, the civilian acquisition chain aims to demonstrate how the DOD
acquisition effectiveness by permitting a broader control in management based on the functions
and processes. Additionally, the civilian expands the employee opportunities to penetrate to a
flexible and more responsive system of personnel. It focuses on the civil service laws based on
the employee’s employment opportunities, benefits, principles concerned with the merit system,
limited personnel practices, and the political activities. Both military and the civilian acquisition
authority chains attempt to embrace several practices from the private industries and facilitate the
streamlining of the current practices (Eller, 2004). The value-added concept should be
implemented through the acquisition authority chains through the reinvention of the DoD
through the management of the personnel system which roles the workforce acquisition.
Therefore, this paper analysis the military and the civilian acquisition chains based on the
understanding of the DoD.

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References
Brown, B. (2010). Introduction to Defense Acquisition Management, August 2010. Government
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Eller, B. A. (2004). Joint Program Management Handbook. DEFENSE SYSTEMS
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