Date of Award

9-1994

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

First Advisor

William C. Pursch, PhD

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis was to continue the research effort of establishing a baseline of contracting terms which was initiated by Lieutenant Commander Daniel L. Ryan. By accomplishing a thorough literature review, 51 international contracting terms and their existing definitions were gathered and analyzed. The results from the initial analysis were compiled and formed the basis of the draft mail questionnaires which were sent to a panel of experts in the international acquisitions field for feedback. Likert scale ratings and written comments from the panel of experts from the draft survey were used to improve our data collecting instrument. The revised survey as then sent to a random sample of qualified National Contract Management Association Certified Professional Contract Managers for feedback. The format for the finalized survey was the same as the draft survey. The feedback from the actual survey was used to revise the proposed definitions which resulted from the test survey. These revisions attempt to mirror the actual use of the 51 terms.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GCM-LAS-94S-1

DTIC Accession Number

ADA285010

Comments

Co-authored thesis.

The authors' Vita pages are omitted.

Presented to the Faculty of the School of Logistics and Acquisition Management of the Air Force Institute of Technology.

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