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Managing risk in USAF force planning / Frank Camm ... [and others].

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Rand Corporation monograph seriesPublisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009Description: xxix, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780833046307 (pbk)
0833046306 (pbk)

Other title:

Managing risk in U.S.A.F. force planning
Managing risk in United States Air Force force planning

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LOC classification:

UG773 M36 2009

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Link to electronic version

Available additional physical forms:

Also issued online.

Contents:

An analytic framework and risk scorecard to support strategic force planning -- Defining alternative futurse -- Defining packages of policy options for risk analysis -- Assessing strategic risk -- Conclusion.

Summary: The U.S. Department of Defense is currently shifting funding from future investment programs to cover urgent war needs, accepting some increase in future risk in order to reduce risk in the near term, and this tension between current and future operational priorities is likely to worsen. To effectively manage risk across possible missions and between today and tomorrow, senior Air Force leaders must make difficult decisions. This monograph seeks to provide the Air Force with a framework to structure their deliberations, connect them to supporting staff and expert inputs, and communicate their decisions to a broader audience. It describes a risk-management process that would help senior Air Force leaders to (1) focus planning on the most salient threats, (2) gain greater clarity on the risks associated with alternative courses of action across multiple futures, (3) maintain a sense of the persistent uncertainties associated with any policy choice, and (4) effectively communicate their judgments about risk to key audiences.

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Title notes ( 5 )

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	UAE Federation Library \| مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection \| المجموعات العامة	UG773 M36 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.1	Library Use Only \| داخل المكتبة فقط		30010000361715

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226).

"The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Air Force."

The U.S. Department of Defense is currently shifting funding from future investment programs to cover urgent war needs, accepting some increase in future risk in order to reduce risk in the near term, and this tension between current and future operational priorities is likely to worsen. To effectively manage risk across possible missions and between today and tomorrow, senior Air Force leaders must make difficult decisions. This monograph seeks to provide the Air Force with a framework to structure their deliberations, connect them to supporting staff and expert inputs, and communicate their decisions to a broader audience. It describes a risk-management process that would help senior Air Force leaders to (1) focus planning on the most salient threats, (2) gain greater clarity on the risks associated with alternative courses of action across multiple futures, (3) maintain a sense of the persistent uncertainties associated with any policy choice, and (4) effectively communicate their judgments about risk to key audiences.

Also issued online.

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