Accession Number:

ADB006691

Title:

A Perceptual Evaluation of the CONUS Installation Maintenance Support Structure by Application of the Contingency Theory of Management - An Exploratory Study

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE FORT LEAVENWORTH KS

Personal Author(s):

• Griffith, Luther J.

Report Date:

1975-06-06

Pagination or Media Count:

124.0

Abstract:

This study was a perceptual evaluation of the CONUS installation maintenance support structure by application of the contingency theory of management. Decentralized maintenance support was evaluated against centralized support to determine the most efficient and effective concept for organizational structuring at installations in CONUS. The study concluded that centralization was the appropriate structural concept. As a result, a conceptual model was devised for structuring installation maintenance organizations that provided for centralized support of NON-TOE activities and TOE units.

Descriptors:

• *LOGISTICS PLANNING
• *MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
• *MILITARY FORCE LEVELS
• *MILITARY PLANNING
• *NATIONAL DEFENSE
• BATTALION LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS
• CENTRALIZED
• ECONOMIC MODELS
• LOGISTICS SUPPORT
• POLICIES
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE