Defense budgeting in a constrained economy
Subtitle: reengineering the budget process to meet the challenge of a modernizing Zimbabwe Defense Force
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Description: The Zimbabwe Defense Force faces a resource crisis that threatens capability to fulfill its mission to defend Zimbabwe's national interests. At the same time the National Defense Policy makes a commitment to modernize the force and the executive constantly echoes this through policy statements at various forums. The   Zimbabwean economy's ability to sustain the modernization program is questionable given its failure to sustain the force in a period of low-level activity. This paper examines ZDF's budgetary process to assess the prospects of reengineering it to meet the challenges of modernization in a constrained economy. A detailed      description of the current process is presented and analyzed against relevant theory on policy analysis,      reengineering, and contemporary budgeting systems, in particular PPBS. The analysis concludes that in addition to reengineering, major strategic changes need to be made. In particular, inclusion of defense aspects in national      development planning, adoption of a program or mission budgeting system, institution of the strategic planning process, evolution of an information technology strategy, and continuous improvement in human resource management would be fundamental to improvement in resource mobilization, planning andmanagement.
Notes: Thesis advisors, Larry R. Jones, Robert E. Looney.

"June 1998."

Thesis (M.S. in International Resource Planning and Management) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1998.

Thesis (M.S. in International Resrouce Planning and Management) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1998.

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