RECOMMENDED READING LIST
THE MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION: A STRATEGIC APPROACH (2ND EDITION) by Margaret A White and Garry D. Bruton (Mason, OH: South-Western College Publishing, 2010, 416 pages)
White and Bruton, seasoned business professors with more than 100 published articles between them, examine the concepts connecting core business strategy with technology and innovation. Their book
explores how these functions intermix within systems, structural design, and product development, as well as how they contribute to an organization’s overall success. This holistic approach establishes a happy medium between practical insights and essential theory with real-world examples. This edition comes with updated lists of research and trends to help support strategic decision making.
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MANAGEMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROJECTS (LIBRARY OF FLIGHT SERIES) Edited by Rene G. Rendon and Keith F. Snider (Reston, VA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2008, 220 pages)
This book, written for both students and people already working in the field of defense acquisition, covers the enormous range of disciplines that must be navigated for successful acquisition outcomes. Sections are written by academics and practitioners from the Naval Postgraduate School, providing
overviews of functional areas of acquisition, such as systems engineering, financial management, contract management, test and evaluation, production management, and logistics and sustainment. Acquisition projects cost billions of dollars annu- ally and can benefit from a clearly written guide to the myriad functions involved in the process. The book is also organized in a manner that will withstand DoD policy changes that might otherwise give it a short shelf life. Each chapter begins with objectives and ends with study questions to ponder.
THE HISTORY OF ACQUISITION IN DOD: REARMING FOR THE COLD WAR 1945-1960 (VOLUME I) by Elliott V. Converse III (Washington, DC: Historical Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2012, 766 pages)
The beginning of the Cold War was a dynamic time for the Department of Defense. In a new book pub- lished by the Historical Office of the Secretary of Defense, Converse, a retired Air Force Colonel who served as the lead historian on the Defense Acquisition History Project, describes a 15-year window that
leflft an indelible iimprint on modern weapons acquisition. The book, the first in a six-volume series, is chock-full of case studies, personality profiles, charts, and photographs. In speaking about the book at a May 9 event hosted by the Defense Acquisi- tion University Alumni Association, Converse said, “One important thread that runs through the volume is the consensus that American leaders had at the end of World War II that the United States would seek security in the future by maintaining an advantage in the most technologically advanced weapon systems over any possible opponents.” According to Converse, the book wasn’t written for historians, but the workers in the acquisition workforce. It can be downloaded at http://history.
defense.gov/resources/OSDHO-Acquisition-Series-Vol1.pdf. (For more coverage, see Then & Now on Page 166.)
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A wealth of suggested titles is in GEN Odierno’s professional reading list, online at
http://www.history.army.mil/html/ books/105/105-1-1/
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