Management of Change (MOC).

The MOC Study consists principally of an analysis of DA and Major Army Commands policies, regulations, projects, programs, automated systems, and procedures involved with authorization changes. This involvement can be either in generating authorization change, documenting authorization change, or using the authorization data. Within this domain of authorization management, the MOC study addresses the volume, frequency and nature of actions causing change and turbulence. The report contains six chapters, supported by technical appendices. Chapter 1 provides introductory material and background. Chapter 2 contains a discussion of the current environment created by the Armys authorization management processes. The methodology formulated to analyze the authorization environment and change problems is the subject of Chapter 3. Based on application of the methodology, Chapter 4 documents prescriptions nominated to improve procedures and Chapter 5 presents alternative schedules to reduce the characteristics of turbulence observed in the authorization management environment. The final chapter presents the major observations pertaining to the Army authorization environment.