Accession Number:

AD0838578

Title:

BUREAUCRATIC DECISIONMAKING IN THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: SOME EMPIRICAL FINDINGS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Axelrod, Robert

Report Date:

1968-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

42.0

Abstract:

An examination of the decisionmaking processes of bureaucracies in terms of three basic questions 1 How are alternatives generated. 2 What are the bargaining relationships between different parts of a bureaucracy. 3 How do organizations learn. A survey was made of 25 decisionmaking officials in 6 agencies dealing with the Military Assistance Program ISA, State Department, AID, Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Council, Bureau of the Budget. Author

Descriptors:

• (*UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
• FOREIGN AID)
• MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS
• LEARNING
• FOREIGN POLICY
• GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN)
• WEAPONS
• INDIA
• PAKISTAN
• ISRAEL
• MIDDLE EAST
• ARABIA
• DECISION MAKING
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science
• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE